REPORT: CBP Officers Seize HUGE Liquid Meth Load [PHOTOS]

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

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As the most reliable and balanced news aggregation service on the internet, DML News App offers the following information published by CBP.GOV:

EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Ysleta port of entry seized 1,543 pounds of liquid methamphetamine Wednesday.

“This is a huge seizure and more than triples the 425 pounds of methamphetamine seized by CBP officers working El Paso area ports for all of fiscal year 2019,”said Hector Mancha, CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations.

The article goes on to state the following:

The seizure was made shortly after 7 p.m. when a tractor-trailer entered the Ysleta port of entry commercial cargo facility from Mexico. CBP officers selected the shipment for an inspection.

CBP officers off loaded the shipment of multi-use cleaner and determined that 32 bottles in the shipment contained liquid methamphetamine. The contraband was seized and the investigation continues.

CBP spokesman Roger Maier reportedly told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the estimated street value of the seized liquid drug haul is about $30 million.

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