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Border Patrol officials on Tuesday discovered what the company said was worth $400,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in pumpkins at the U. S. -Mexico border in Texas, according to U. S. Customs and Border Protection.
The discovery was made at the Eagle Pass access port off Piedras Negras when an SUV from Mexico returned for further inspection, CBP said.
CBP said 136 condoms were filled with 44 pounds of liquid methamphetamine and 4 hidden internal pumpkins. A photo posted by the company gave the impression of showing pieces wrapped in hollowed-out pumpkins. He called them Halloween decorations.
The motive force and passenger were taken into custody, CBP said.
On Oct. 2, CBP officials discovered 36 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at approximately $328,000, in a vehicle at the same port of entry, according to the agency.
In September, at the Del Rio port of entry, which is also located along the Texas border, CBP said $11. 9 million worth of methamphetamine was discovered in a tractor-trailer.
Most methamphetamine in the U. S. it is manufactured in Mexico through criminal organizations and smuggled across the southwest border, the Drug Enforcement Administration said in a 2020 release last year.
According to seizures of laboratories, garbage dumps or devices through the police, there were many more methamphetamine laboratories in the United States; Seizures peaked in 2004 but have declined since then, according to the report. There were 23,703 “lab incidents” in the United States in 2004, but 890 in 2019, according to the report.
This article was originally published in NBCNews. com