Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a record 6 1/2 tons of methamphetamine in Texas, officials announced Thursday.
Estimated to be worth over $117 million, the seizure is the largest capture during a single enforcement action, according to a CBP release.
The seizure occurred Sunday after an officer noticed a tractor-trailer manifesting a shipment of drying agent for piglets and referred it for further inspection.
A canine and nonintrusive inspection then led officers to uncover “13,101 pounds of alleged methamphetamine” worth nearly $117.1 million, the release noted.
“This gargantuan methamphetamine seizure, the largest ever taken down by CBP officers at a port of entry, uniquely illustrates the serious narcotics threat our officers face on a daily basis and their effectiveness at utilizing our technological enforcement tools, expertise and experience to zero-in on these threats,” Laredo Field Office Director Field Operations Donald Kusser said.
“This seizure exemplifies our officers’ steadfast commitment to advancing CBP’s priority border security mission while facilitating lawful trade and travel.”
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Drug traffickers have long been able to make billions of dollars by flooding the border with deadly narcotics, leading to people suffering addiction, death, and despair, Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson, Homeland Security Investigations, Houston, said.
“Thanks to the outstanding teamwork between HSI Houston, HSI Eagle Pass, HSI Mexico City and our partners at CBP, we have prevented a record-breaking amount of these narcotics from making it to Houston where they would have destroyed an untold number of lives,” Dawson said.
