Border Patrol canine team seizes almost $4 million worth of methamphetamine
The narcotics were found while officials were conducting immigration inspections of passengers aboard a bus.
Author: Suzanne Nuyen, TEGNA
Published: 8:20 AM MDT May 21, 2019
Updated: 8:20 AM MDT May 21, 2019
Officials at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol Station in Texas seized nearly 118 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden on a bus earlier this month. The drugs are worth almost four million dollars.
The methamphetamine was discovered on May 3, when a Sierra Blanca Border Patrol agent and his canine partner found two suitcases in the lower luggage compartment of a bus at a checkpoint. The suitcases contained 90 plastic bottles weighing 118 pounds. The bottles were filled with liquid methamphetamine.
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