SAN DIEGO – It was not tomatillos. It was methamphetamine.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated its officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry this week seized nearly 1,600 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a commercial shipment of tomatillos. The estimated street value of the find is reported at nearly $2.5 million. This seizure was announced Friday at a news conference.
“While our nation’s borders are the safest and most secure in history, this CBP seizure shows that drug cartels are not going away,” said CBP San Diego Director of Field Operations Sidney Aki. “These dangerous criminal networks will stop at nothing to increase their profits and release their deadly poison into neighborhoods and communities across the United States. Nothing is more important than keeping the American people safe and CBP will continue to adapt and adjust to the ever-changing strategies of these dangerous and deadly drug cartels.”…