U.S. Customs officers find meth shipment hidden inside peanut shells
Border Crime
by: WREG, Nexstar Media Wire
Posted: Jul 12, 2021 / 01:51 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 12, 2021 / 01:51 PM CDT
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection say they discovered several hundred grams of methamphetamine hidden inside peanuts at an express consignment hub in Memphis.
On June 29, officers X-rayed a shipment that was being sent from Mexico to Texas when they discovered some “suspicious anomalies,” the agency said. The manifest listed the shipment as “REGIONAL BREAD ROASTED PEANUTS REGIONAL DUST SWEET MADE OF CORN.”
Authorities said when they broke open the peanut shells, they discovered a white crystalline substance inside. That substance later tested positive for methamphetamine.
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