Officials at the Texas border make the largest drug seizure in 20 years after discovering over $12 million worth of cocaine disguised as baby wipes.
Texas border agents seize $12 million worth of cocaine disguised as baby wipes.
On Friday, drugs were seized along the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge near Laredo.
They were classified as baby wipes on the trailer, but officials chose to investigate it.
Officials at the Texas border made their largest drug seizure in 20 years when they seized over $12 million worth of cocaine disguised as baby wipes.
On Friday, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials conducted a secondary inspection on a 2016 Stoughton trailer at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge near Laredo and discovered the cocaine.
After utilizing sniffer dogs and a non-intrusive screening technique, they discovered 1,935 containers containing 1,532.65 pounds of alleged cocaine within the shipment.
Randy Howe, director of field operations for the CBP’s Laredo field office, told Fox News that the seizure broke all previous records.
Officials at the Texas border discovered 1,935 packages containing an estimated 1,532.65 pounds of cocaine.
On Friday, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials conducted a second inspection of a 2016 Stoughton trailer at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge near Laredo and found the drugs.
Special agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) are examining a haul believed to have a street value of $11,818,400.
This seizure is a perfect illustration of how border security management prevents deadly drugs from entering our communities, according to Port Director Alberto Flores.
‘Officers assigned to CBP cargo facilities guarantee efficient border security by preventing and combating the entry of narcotics,’ he added.