{"id":158389,"date":"2021-05-20T18:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=158389"},"modified":"2021-05-20T18:11:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:11:56","slug":"more-than-a-ton-of-meth-found-in-medical-supply-shipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/more-than-a-ton-of-meth-found-in-medical-supply-shipment\/","title":{"rendered":"More than A TON of meth found in medical supply shipment: CBP"},"content":{"rendered":"
SAN DIEGO \u2013 (CBP)<\/em> – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility seized close to 2,500 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of medical supplies.<\/p>\n On Saturday, May 15, at approximately 9:45 a.m., a driver entered the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility with a tractor-trailer shipment. The cargo was manifested as various medical supplies. A team of CBP officers were roving through the lanes of trucks that had entered the port and were waiting for their inspection. One CBP officer targeted the truck, driver, and shipment for a more intensive inspection. The officer referred the driver, truck, and shipment for an x-ray screening.<\/p>\n CBP officers screened the truck using the port\u2019s imaging system and found anomalies within the cargo shipment. The truck was moved to an inspection dock where a CBP officer with a canine screened the boxes of cargo; the dog alerted to one of the pallets of medical products. Officers offloaded the shipment and discovered 120 packages comingled with various medical supplies.<\/p>\n