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$53 million worth of cocaine, meth and pot seized at Laredo border crossing.....(at the World Trade Bridge)
Border Report ^ | 11/16/2021 | Fernie Ortiz

Posted on 11/16/2021 10:15:40 PM PST by caww

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A pair of drug busts at a Texas border crossing netted nearly two tons of narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $53 million.

Both seizures took place on Nov. 12 "at the World Trade Bridge" in Laredo, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said.

Earlier that day, border officers inspected a tractor-trailer transporting a shipment of fresh cauliflower from Mexico. A drug-sniffing dog and an X-ray helped border officers uncover hundreds of packages of drugs.

The semi allegedly was hauling 412 packages containing 2,611 pounds of methamphetamine and another 50 containing 113.31 pounds of cocaine. The drugs had a combined estimated street value of more than $53 million.

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


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Concealed in seat cushions


1 posted on 11/16/2021 10:15:40 PM PST by caww
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To: All

hunter and the big guy deeply saddened...


2 posted on 11/16/2021 10:31:42 PM PST by SteveH (.)
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To: caww

Uh-Oh...

Nancy’s congressional seat cushions won’t make it by Christmas!

That can’t go well for Border Patrol/Customs/DEA folks -


3 posted on 11/16/2021 10:56:21 PM PST by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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To: caww

they should catalog it and burn the evil stuff on the spot. preferably in front of the cartels.


4 posted on 11/16/2021 11:06:27 PM PST by dadfly
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To: dadfly

Imagine how many drugs cross our border daily let alone yearly, taking the life of people matters not to any involved in drugs and that includes the users.


5 posted on 11/16/2021 11:19:40 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: SteveH

That’s going to spoil someone’s Thanksgiving


6 posted on 11/17/2021 1:15:50 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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To: caww; NobleFree

Pot is harmless...


7 posted on 11/17/2021 4:45:08 AM PST by Does so (DC: "The Chinese city on top of a hill".)
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To: Does so

I guess you haven’t been to a high school reunion and see how all of the stoners fared.


8 posted on 11/17/2021 5:42:13 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: caww

The straws taped to the chair gave it away.


9 posted on 11/17/2021 9:20:48 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: caww

#1 what happens to the smugglers when the drugs get seized?
Are they made into seat cushions?.....


10 posted on 11/17/2021 4:06:56 PM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: crusty old prospector; caww

My generation missed all of that.


11 posted on 11/18/2021 8:14:11 AM PST by Does so (DC: "The Chinese city on top of a hill".)
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