SAN ANTONIO — Federal agents say drugs were smuggled into San Antonio hidden inside something most people would never look twice at—a spare tire.
Investigators say that unsuspecting car part was at the center of a cross-border trafficking operation that stretched from Eagle Pass to San Antonio—ultimately triggering a high-speed chase, a violent crash, and federal charges against three men.
According to federal authorities, what appeared to be nothing more than a loose spare tire sitting in the bed of a pickup truck was actually packed with methamphetamine…