US Border Agents Seize $5M Meth Shipment Disguised as Watermelons
The methamphetamine was hidden among real watermelons in a truck crossing from Mexico to San Diego.
- Officers intercepted 1,220 packages of methamphetamine weighing over two tonnes.
- The driver was handed over to Homeland Security for further investigation.
- This seizure follows another recent meth find in a celery shipment at the same border.
- Drug cartels frequently use produce to smuggle narcotics into the US.
- Border agents credit Operation Apollo for increased drug seizure efficiency.