Border agents seize $4 million in meth found in ‘funky pickles’

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized more than $4 million in suspected methamphetamine that was hidden inside a vehicle carrying “funky pickles.”

While inspecting a tractor-trailer at the at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility in Texas on April 17, authorities discovered 114 packages holding $4,343,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden inside a shipment of picked cucumbers, NBC News reported on Monday.

“This substantial quantity of hard narcotics will not make its final destination in the United States,” Port Director Carlos Rodriguez told NBC News.

Funky pickles: #CBP officers at #Pharr, Texas International Bridge seize $4M in methamphetamine hidden in a tractor trailer hauling a shipment of cucumber pickles. Read more: https://t.co/kBbPeq4MZm pic.twitter.com/5GhlqABYCW

— CBP South Texas (@CBPSouthTexas) April 21, 2021

NBC noted that a similar case occurred in August when $16 million worth suspected meth was found inside a trailer carrying produce.

In October, CBP seized more than 3,000 pounds of meth in what is believed to be the second largest meth bust on the southern border. Meth, fentanyl and heroin were discovered inside a truck at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in California. Authorities estimated the value of those drugs at $7.2 million.