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31 August 2026

$10.75 million in meth found inside leek shipment at Texas border bridge

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$10.75 million in meth found inside leek shipment at Texas border bridge

A tractor-trailer arriving from Reynosa, Mexico, carried a shipment declared as leeks into the United States. U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped the vehicle at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas. Officers discovered 395 packages of suspected methamphetamine inside the trailer.

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