Photo of packages containing nearly 1,761 pounds ofmethamphetamine seized by CBP officers in Laredo, Texas. (Photo courtesy of U.S.
Customs and Border Protection) WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers made a major drug bust when they confiscated over $35 million in methamphetamine in a tractor-trailer transporting strawberry purée, according to a release from the agency on April 22.Authorities say a CBP officer assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, spotted the tractor-trailer coming from Mexico carrying a shipment of strawberry purée on April 12.RELATED: U.S.
border authorities find 52 reptiles hidden in man's clothingCBP officers conducted a search of the vehicle and found approximately 158 packages containing nearly 1,761 pounds of alleged methamphetamine hidden within the shipment of the purée.