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CBP seizes more than 1,100 pounds of suspected meth at Laredo bridge

CBP officers seized over 1,100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine from a commercial truck at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas.

By Wayne Jefferson

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Stacks of white bags on blue metal shelves in a warehouse, with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection sign in front (Port of Laredo).

LAREDO, Texas, June 23 (Del Rio Online) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 1,100.79 pounds of suspected methamphetamine from a commercial truck at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, after a secondary inspection on June 15, the agency said.

CBP said an officer referred a 2013 D-13 Volvo hauling a shipment listed as “polypropylene” for additional screening. A canine inspection and a nonintrusive inspection system examination led officers to the drugs, which the agency said had a street value of $10,122,012.

CBP said it seized the narcotics. Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating.

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Wayne Jefferson

Raised in Redlands, California, Wayne Jefferson is the senior Victorville reporter for Times Media Service. Jefferson covers local government, politics, schools, public safety, development and community life in Victorville, Adelanto, Apple Valley, Helendale, Phelan and Wrightwood. Jefferson holds a master's degree in journalism.

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