U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry in downtown El Paso stopped a pickup on Feb. 28 and uncovered 139.5 kilograms of illegal drugs hidden inside the vehicle. The haul, found during a secondary inspection, included large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine that officials say would have posed a major public health and law enforcement threat if it had made it onto U.S. streets.
How officers detected the shipment
According to KFOX14, the seizure began when a Mexican man driving a white 2016 Dodge Ram with Mexican license plates applied for admission at the Paso del Norte crossing. A non-intrusive inspection technology scan flagged anomalies, a narcotics-detection canine alerted, and a follow-up…..