Anonymous ID: 6e225f June 22, 2021, 11:29 p.m. No.13962420   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2534 >>2743 >>2846 >>2963 >>3060

Authorities seize more than $1.8M in meth, marijuana at the border

 

STARR COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) – Narcotics smugglers continue to keep border patrol agents busy in Texas, where more than $1.8 million in drugs was seized over the weekend.

 

On Friday June 18, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents working in La Grulla responded to a call regarding suspicious activity south of La Cuchilla Street. Responding agents encountered ten migrants, including three children, one of them as young as three years old. Near the group of migrants, agents discovered more than 114 pounds of marijuana. They seized the marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $91K. All subjects were processed accordingly.

 

https://www.kctv5.com/authorities-seize-more-than-1-8m-in-meth-marijuana/article_1eba9a36-c2cd-5815-9673-37bfc37abc72.html

 

China Seizes "Large Cache Of Drugs" Hidden In Soy Ship From Brazil

 

Qingdao Customs in east China's Shandong Province seized 474 pounds of cocaine, the largest bust this year by the customs office.

 

According to state-run media Xinhua, "authorities swung into action after receiving a tip-off that a foreign ship with a large cache of drugs was heading for Qingdao Port." The ship originated from Brazil, hauling 67,000 tons of soybeans, and had 21 crew on board.

 

Upon arriving at Qingdao, customs agents searched the vessel and found nine suspicious packages in seven cargo holds filled with soybean. Further laboratory tests confirmed the suspicious packages have a total of 474 pounds of cocaine.

 

The last major cocaine shipment seized at Qingdao was 794 pounds in 2017.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-seizes-nearly-500-pounds-cocaine-hidden-soy-ship-brazil

 

Who wants to bet the Chinese are going turn around and try and smuggle those drugs through either the California ports or the southern border?