Authorities at Southern California, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized approximately 1,336 pounds of methamphetamine disguised as onions.
“This was not only a clever attempt to try and smuggle in narcotics, one I haven’t seen before, but also time consuming to wrap narcotics into these small packages, designed to look like onions,” Sidney Aki, director of field operations in San Diego, said in a statement.
On February 20,2022 border patrol officers inspected a tractor trailer carrying a shipment indicated as onions. A dog alerted to the hidden shipment, which prompted officers to search it further. They soon discovered 1,200 packages of methamphetamine shaped in “small globes with a white covering” that were mixed with actual sacks of onions, CBP said.
“While we have certainly seen narcotics in produce before, it’s unusual for us to see this level of detail in the concealment,” AKi said.
According to CBS News, the driver a Mexican citizen was arrested and turned over to federal agencies for additional disposition.
