{"id":258182,"date":"2021-05-25T08:19:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T05:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cbp-seizes-2-5-million-worth-of-meth-hidden-in-watermelon-shipment\/"},"modified":"2021-05-25T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T05:19:09","slug":"cbp-seizes-2-5-million-worth-of-meth-hidden-in-watermelon-shipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cbp-seizes-2-5-million-worth-of-meth-hidden-in-watermelon-shipment\/","title":{"rendered":"#CBP seizes $2.5 million worth of meth hidden in watermelon shipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#CBP seizes $2.5 million worth of meth hidden in watermelon shipment<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Over 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a watermelon shipment was seized by US Customs and Border Protection officers in California last week, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The drug bust was made last Tuesday at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry after authorities stopped a 47-year-old Mexican national driving a truck with a trailer, CBP said in a Friday press release.<\/p>\n<p>A CBP canine team sniffed out the meth. Officers found 193 containers of the drug wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in plastic among the crates carrying the fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities estimate the confiscated drugs have a street value of about $2.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The truck driver was arrested and is facing federal charges. He is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"This is the second significant seizure of methamphetamine packages discovered within the same week.\" class=\"wp-image-18333421 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This is the second significant seizure of methamphetamine packages discovered within the same week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CBP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"The Otay Mesa Port of Entry, where the meth shipments were found.\" class=\"wp-image-18333420 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Otay Mesa Port of Entry, where the meth shipments were found.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The drug bust was made last Tuesday at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry after authorities stopped a 47-year-old&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/meth-watermelons-border-04.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[107165,13096,6864,71661,71790],"class_list":["post-258182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-5-25-21","tag-california","tag-drugs","tag-meth","tag-us-customs-and-border-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}