EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Cucumbers and a lot of cocaine.
That is what U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found on June 24 when they searched a tractor-trailer that arrived from Mexico at the Pharr International Bridge in Pharr, Texas.
Not cool: Cucumber truck had $5M worth of meth
First, a drug-sniffing dog alerted officers, then an X-ray scan revealed anomalies in the trailer, which was supposed to be hauling only cucumbers.
Instead, officers found 112 packages containing just under 300 pounds of cocaine hidden within the trailer.
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CBP said the drugs had a street value of $3.7 million…