CBP Seizes Nearly 1,600 Pounds of Meth Hidden in Tomatillo Shipment at Otay Mesa Port of Entry, Worth $2.5 Million
San Diego is a city in San Diego County, California. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Oct. 16 that its officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry in San Diego, California, seized nearly 1,600 pounds of methamphetamine this week, with an estimated value of about $2.5 million. The narcotics were concealed within a commercial shipment of tomatillos.
The Otay Mesa port of entry, on San Diego's southern edge along the U.S.-Mexico border, is one of Southern California's busiest commercial cargo crossings, where CBP officers inspect trucks carrying produce and manufactured goods into the United States. CBP officials held a press conference on the seizure.
CBP said it will continue targeting attempts to smuggle narcotics through legitimate cargo channels at ports of entry nationwide. The agency did not release further details in its summary. (GSM, based on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection release)
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Photo: 图：奥泰梅萨口岸货运查验区（资料图）。图片来源：美国海关与边境保护局（CBP Photography），Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。Photo: Cargo operations at the Otay Mesa port of entry (file photo). Image: CBP Photography, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
