Border officials in Texas discovered $10.2 million worth of drugs hidden inside a bulk shipment inside a refrigerated tractor-trailer that came across the southern border, authorities announced last week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Dec. 21 news release that a 2001 Freightliner truck carrying manifest for a commercial shipment of cut flowers was stopped at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo on Dec. 21. announced that he had been instructed to undergo a secondary examination. 26.
Officials said CBP agents and canine officers conducted a non-intrusive search of Rigg's refrigerated trailer and discovered hundreds of pounds of alleged narcotics wrapped in bundles among flowers.
According to CBP, the suspicious package contained 164.72 pounds of suspected powder methamphetamine, 854.07 pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine, and 165.34 pounds of suspected cocaine.
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Officials say more than 1,100 pounds of meth and cocaine were seized from the flower shipment. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
The estimated street value of the drugs totaled $10,298,520.
Officials said drugs were found inside Rose's luggage. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
CBP announced that special agents from the Department of Homeland Security seized the drugs while investigating the seizure.
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Details about the driver were not immediately released.
“CBP is proud of the work our front-line employees are doing to ensure the safety and well-being of our communities,” said Alberto Flores, Port Director of the Laredo Port of Entry. “This large-scale seizure is an example of the ongoing operations that take place every day to protect our borders.”
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CBP announced that in the first two months of fiscal year 2024, CBP agents and officers seized 7,200 pounds of cocaine and 29,065 pounds of meth nationwide.
