{"id":10231,"date":"2021-05-22T04:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T04:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci0283b41700002458"},"modified":"2021-05-22T04:25:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T04:25:00","slug":"2-5-million-in-meth-hidden-in-watermelon-shipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/05\/22\/2-5-million-in-meth-hidden-in-watermelon-shipment\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.5 MILLION IN METH HIDDEN IN WATERMELON SHIPMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine worth $2.5 million was hidden within a shipment of watermelons.&nbsp;U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the drugs in&nbsp;Otay Mesa, CA.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlottealertsnews.com\/.image\/c_fit,h_600,w_600\/MTgxMTg2NDI0NjYwMzA0OTg0\/3-trukkll-blu.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>The drugs were found on May 18, 2021&nbsp;at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility. Officers encountered a driver operating a truck and trailer with a shipment manifested as watermelons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the inspection, a officer referred the driver along with the shipment for an intensive examination.<\/p>\n<p>A canine team screened the tractor trailer and alerted to the shipment of watermelons. Officers searched the cargo and discovered a combination of 193 wrapped plastic containers and packages of methamphetamine concealed within the watermelon crates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The estimated street value of the methamphetamine is approximately $2.5 million U.S. dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old Mexican male driver was arrested for the narcotic smuggling attempt. Officers turned the driver over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The driver is currently facing federal charges and has been transported to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A truck load of watermelons had methamphetamine hid in it, $2.5 million worth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[88,93,105,99,106,103,107,681,220,94,68,682],"class_list":["post-10231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drugs","tag-18-wheeler-truck","tag-drug-arrest","tag-drug-bust","tag-drug-carriers","tag-drug-proceeds","tag-drug-truck","tag-drugs","tag-fruit","tag-hidden-drugs","tag-latino-drug-cartel","tag-trucks","tag-watermelons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}