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Strange produce: smugglers disguise meth as melons in US
More than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug were wrapped in paper packages painted to look like the juicy fruit and hidden amongst other cargo.
US Customs and Border Protection recovered a package wrapped in paper made to look like a watermelon but in fact contained methamphetamine packed to move across the US-Mexico border, as shown in this handout image released on August 20, 2024
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalist @NewVision
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US | AFP
Smugglers disguised to US $5 million worth of methamphetamine as watermelons and tried to truck them across the border from Mexico, US border agents