Federal officials seized a massive shipment being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
CBP officers discovered 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine secreted in a 2012 tractor-trailer hauling laundry detergent, CBP said to Blaze News.
CBP estimated the street value of the methamphetamine to be $9,573,752.24.
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The Roma Port of Entry connects Roma in Texas with Ciudad Miguel Alemán in Tamaulipas at the U.S.-Mexico border.
On Aug. 11, a CBP agent referred the tractor-trailer for enforcement inspection, and anomalies were found in the shipment through the scan of a nonintrusive imaging system.
CBP officers performed a physical inspection and found 485.78 kilograms of alleged meth concealed inside the detergent shipment.
The driver, the tractor-trailer, and the narcotics were turned over to the Roma Police Department, which
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