U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, last week seized nearly $500,000 in cocaine hidden within a tractor trailer hauling cotton candy.
The World Trade Bridge is a U.S.-Mexico border crossing that connects the city of Laredo, Texas, with Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, over the Rio Grande.
According to CBP, the seizure occurred on Thursday, May 9, when a CBP officer referred a tractor hauling a shipment of cotton candy over the bridge for a secondary inspection.
Following the secondary inspection, which involved the use of CBP canines, officers discovered 15 packages containing a total of 37 pounds of alleged cocaine hidden with the shipment of cotton candy.
The total estimated street value of the seized narcotics is $496,879, CBP said.
“Our frontline officers continue to maintain resolute vigilance and that dedication to the mission coupled with an effective use of technology resulted in the interception of a significant amount of cocaine,” Laredo Port of Entry Director Albert Flores said in a Friday press release.. “Seizures like these reinforce the importance and necessity of our ongoing border security mission.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) special agents are investigating the seizure.
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Isn’t cocaine called “candy” anyway?” Why not just build the wall and pretty much end this bs? Oh, that would be too easy and makes too much sense.
Send this to augusta
no doubt a bunch of coke heads could do a better job running the state than what we have now