Smugglers Attempt to Bring Liquid Meth Across US-Mexico Border in Trailers' Water Tanks: CBP

[Judi Lynn]

The meth busts had an estimated street value of about $2.7 million, CBP said
By Christina Bravo • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago



CBP officers intercepted liquid methamphetamine in stops at the Otay Mesa and San Ysidro ports of entry on Sunday, Nov. 28.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at two border crossings south of San Diego stopped nearly 40 gallons of liquid methamphetamine from being smuggled into the United States inside trailers last weekend, the agency said Wednesday.

In both instances, groups of travelers were riding in SUVs with trailers in tow when they were stopped and searched on Sunday. In each, CBP found millions of dollars worth of the illicit drug near the trailers' water tanks.

The first stop was made at about 8 p.m. at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. CBP officers searched the truck and noticed a strange liquid in the trailer's water tank, which they determined to be about 110 gallons of liquid meth estimated to be worth $1.54 million, the agency said.

Just over an hour later and less than 10 miles away, CBP officers encountered nearly the exact situation. An SUV towing a trailer with suspicious "tampering" was stopped at the San Ysidro Port of Entry at about 9:15 p.m. A canine searched the vehicle and pointed officers to the trailer's water tank. In it was about 80 gallons of liquid methamphetamine with a street value of about $1.16 million, CBP said.

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