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US (TX): Nearly $5 million in meth found among jalapenos, cucumbers

Nearly $5 million worth of alleged methamphetamine was seized at the Texas border when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials searched two trucks -- one hauling jalapenos, the other carrying cucumbers.

The canine team at the checkpoint alerted officers to the first truck carrying jalapenos. Officers found 240 packages of alleged methamphetamine, weighing about 132 pounds. The street value of the alleged narcotics is about $2.65 million.

That same day at the same facility, officers found 194 packages of alleged methamphetamine hidden in a cucumber shipment. This load weighed about 107 pounds and carried a street value of about $2.14 million.

Read more at the Houston Chronicle
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