U.S. Customs & Border Protection Officers Seize $6.5 Million in Narcotics at Laredo's World Trade Bridge 

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Office of Field Operations Officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, seized hard narcotics that totaled over $6,500,000 in street value. The seizure occurred on Friday, Aug. 9 at the World Trade Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2023 Freightliner hauling a utility refrigerated trailer manifesting a commercial shipment of flowers for secondary inspection.

CBP officers at World Trade Bridge seized 712 pounds of methamphetamine hidden within a commercial shipment of flowers.
 
The Office of Field Operations (OFO) is a federal law enforcement agency within the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) responsible for managing United States customs operations at:
 

• 20 Field Operations offices,
• 328 ports of entry, and
• 16 pre-clearance stations in Canada, Ireland, the UAE, and the Caribbean. 

Following a canine and non-intrusive inspection system examination, CBP officers discovered a total of 712.54 pounds of alleged methamphetamine within the commodity.

The narcotics combined had a street value of $6,551,910. CBP seized the narcotics.

Homeland Security Investigations special agents are investigating the seizure. 
 

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