U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently seized more than 3,038 pounds of methamphetamine in two separate, unrelated cases in South Texas.
Both cases involved tractor-trailers attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at the Laredo port of entry.
The first case occurred Oct. 27 at the port’s Colombia-Solidarity Bridge. CBP officers found 618 packages containing 1,988 pounds of alleged meth inside an empty tractor-trailer from Mexico. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $39.8...