EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized the largest amount of drugs ever at a port of entry.
Six-and-a-half tons of methamphetamine, valued at $117 million, were taken at the Eagle Pass port of entry this past Sunday, the department said in a news release.
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The seizure occurred on Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Camino Real International Bridge.
Officers searched a tractor-trailer carrying a “shipment of drying agent for piglets,” the news release said.
Following a search, CBP officers secured 13,101 pounds of meth from the trailer.
The drugs were seized, and special agents with Homeland Security Investigations are conducting an investigation.
CBP could not provide a photo of the seizure, as HSI was still conducting their investigation, a CBP public affairs officer said in an email.