CBP officers seize shipment of meth hidden inside peanut shells

Published July 10, 2021 9:02pm ET



Federal officials seized over a pound of methamphetamine that was hidden inside the shells of peanuts in a shipment of various food materials, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday.

CBP officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee, examined the shipment, labeled as “regional bread roasted peanuts regional dust sweet made of corn” June 29, and became suspicious, according to a press release from the agency.

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