US Customs and Border Protection officers in California say they stopped the attempted smuggling of fentanyl pills with an estimated street value of more than $2.5 million.
The bust happened at the cargo facility at the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego after authorities noticed “anomalies” within a shipment of sinks, CBP said in aA 45-year-old man, who was driving a white cargo van, presented border officials with a valid border crossing card on June 26, along with a shipping manifest for two porcelain sinks, CBP said in the release.
“While screening the vehicle using a port imaging system, CBP officers discovered anomalies within the shipment,” the release says. US Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly 900,000 fentanyl pills at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry’s cargo facility, according to CBP. Authorities inspected the shipment with a canine detection team and found about 858,000 blue pills were hidden in the two sinks, CBP said.Officers seized the synthetic opioids and the cargo van. The driver was transferred to the custody of Homeland Security Investigations.
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