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CBP Siezes 6.5 Tons of Meth in Eagle Pass, Largest Seizure Made at a Port of Entry
Epoch Times ^ | 2/23/24 | Aldgra Fredly

Posted on 02/23/2024 7:14:19 AM PST by CFW

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on Thursday that it seized 6.5 tons of methamphetamine at Eagle Pass port of entry in Texas. It is the largest seizure ever made at a port of entry in a single enforcement action.

The methamphetamine had a street value of more than $117 million, according to a press release.

The seizure was made at the Camino Real International Bridge on Feb. 18, when a CBP officer referred a tractor trailer manifesting a shipment of drying agents for piglets for secondary inspection.

The CBP said that its officers conducted “a canine and non-intrusive inspection system examination” on the truck and found nearly 13,101 pounds of alleged methamphetamine.

Mark Dawson, the special agent in charge from Homeland Security Investigations Houston, said the seizure of “a record-breaking amount” of narcotics prevented “an untold number of lives” from being destroyed.

“For far too long, drug trafficking organizations have been raking in billions of dollars at the expense of our communities that are left ravaged by addiction, death, and despair as a result of these poisonous substances,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: border; drugs; drugseizure; government; meth; texas
No wonder the Biden administration was upset that Texas has taken control of Eagle Pass. That amount of drug being transported across the border is probably a federal government operation and not some small drug cartel. Someone just forgot to get word to the truck driver that Eagle Pass was no longer the entry point.

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CBP Siezes 6.5 Tons of Meth in Eagle Pass, Largest Seizure Made at a Port of Entry

1 posted on 02/23/2024 7:14:19 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Probably the whole amount was going to the Democratic National Convention for the delegates


2 posted on 02/23/2024 7:21:14 AM PST by Fai Mao (HeStarve the Beast and steal its food.)
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To: CFW

G’wine B lots of agonizing libertarians on FR.


3 posted on 02/23/2024 7:21:17 AM PST by LouAvul
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To: CFW

“”for secondary inspection.””

Thank goodness...they’ve kept the BP busy doing other things but maybe they can get back to doing more of this....


4 posted on 02/23/2024 7:26:53 AM PST by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: CFW

Even more disturbing is that there are that many assclowns using it here in this country. The U.S. must really suck if you need to get loaded to “escape”. At the current rate of new “ citizens” arriving daily, it won’t take long to reach TWSH status.


5 posted on 02/23/2024 7:43:26 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Fai Mao

WHAT IS A “DRYING AGENT FOR PIGLETS”??????


6 posted on 02/23/2024 7:49:18 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: CFW

So, about a 1 and a 1/2 day supply for california then?


7 posted on 02/23/2024 7:51:17 AM PST by Bob434
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To: CFW

And let 46 million in… for a lil cash. Listening to okeefe at the border is eye opening.


8 posted on 02/23/2024 7:59:34 AM PST by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: Fai Mao
Probably the whole amount was going to the Democratic National Convention for the delegates

If it wasn't before, then it is now.

9 posted on 02/23/2024 8:13:25 AM PST by Rio
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To: Bob434

“So, about a 1 and a 1/2 day supply for california then?”


It depends on whether or not Hunter is in town.


10 posted on 02/23/2024 8:15:32 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: ridesthemiles
WHAT IS A “DRYING AGENT FOR PIGLETS”??????

I bet the Customs agent asked the same question.

11 posted on 02/23/2024 8:43:57 AM PST by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: CFW

How in the world do you dispose of 6.5 million TONS of meth?


12 posted on 02/23/2024 8:48:02 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: CFW

Hunter Biden’s phone was burning up this morning.


13 posted on 02/23/2024 8:48:19 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Flaming Conservative

6.5 tons, $117 million.


14 posted on 02/23/2024 9:45:37 AM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: LouAvul

I’m sweating, shaking and need a fix. This is getting series.


15 posted on 02/23/2024 9:50:47 AM PST by BipolarBob (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

“How in the world do you dispose of 6.5 million TONS of meth?”


Through your government connections.


16 posted on 02/23/2024 10:20:42 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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I’m shocked that my state legislators decision to make me show ID to get a pack of Sudafed didn’t solve the meth problem.


17 posted on 02/23/2024 12:35:30 PM PST by suthener ( )
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To: CFW
And if they didn't make adults show a driver's license to buy Sudafed, Meth would be a real problem!
18 posted on 02/23/2024 6:01:42 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

19 posted on 02/24/2024 10:02:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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