Posted on 03/26/2024 10:41:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
It's a good idea to wash carrots after they're pulled from the ground because they might have some dirt on them. They don't typically come with more than a ton of methamphetamine, but you can never be too careful.
A 44-year-old truck driver is in federal custody after he allegedly tried to cross into the U.S. from Mexico at the Otay Mesa border checkpoint in San Diego with roughly 3,000 pounds of meth hidden amid a large shipment of carrots.
The driver arrived in a commercial tractor trailer just before noon on March 17 with a valid border crossing card and a shipping manifest that said he was hauling carrots, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.
But a secondary inspection revealed suspicious packages hidden underneath the bunches of carrots — exactly 574 packages that tested positive for methamphetamine, according to officials.
The meth and the truck were seized, and the driver, who was not identified, was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security for further investigation, officials said. The seizure was part of an ongoing operation at the border, dubbed Operation Apollo, focused on stopping fentanyl and other synthetic drugs from being smuggled into the U.S.
The carrot caper is the just latest chapter in a saga of creative means to get illegal drugs over the southern border — albeit the one richest in Vitamin A.
Agents at Otay Mesa found over 400 pounds of cocaine stashed in a shipment of cucumbers in September with a street value of over $5 million, Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.
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Buggs was soooo wasted
Good for the eyes, and bad for your health?
Mary Ann did see a ship out there
What’s up doc?
Lol!
Heisenberg is back. Using carrots instead of chicken this time.
Anyone who has ever eaten a carrot has died. Could be the cause...
I’ve been on a 3 day carrot bender.
Congress will be calling for a ban on carrots.
Carrots are a gateway vegetable.
They lead to parsnips.....................
I prefer Broccoli, myself.
NOWHERE TO HIDE IF AMERICA IS LOST!
(5 MINUTES)
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We have something far more important to do than make $$.
We have a way of life to TRY TO SAVE!
WE’RE GETTING TO CRUNCH TIME. SHARE if you CARE!
3000 karat meth?
Thanks Rush! lol
Oh no, anything but parsnips.
That explains why I was seeing little pink elephants last time I ate broccoli.
🤣 That explains Bugs Bunny the whascally wabbbit.
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