{"id":223907,"date":"2026-03-28T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T00:46:07","slug":"17-million-in-meth-seized-from-blackberry-shipment-at-texas-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223907\/","title":{"rendered":"$17 million in meth seized from blackberry shipment at Texas border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $17 million worth of suspected methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of blackberries at a South Texas international crossing, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The interception occurred March 23 at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility, where officers encountered a commercial tractor-trailer arriving from Reynosa, Mexico. The vehicle was referred for a secondary inspection using nonintrusive imaging equipment, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the examination, officers discovered 862 packages of suspected methamphetamine hidden within the shipment, with a combined weight of 1,984.16 pounds or 900 kilograms. The drugs have an estimated street value of $17,737,200, according to CBP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOur CBP officers use all available tools and technology to thwart smuggling attempts at our international crossings,\u201d said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez of the Hidalgo\/Pharr\/Anzalduas Port of Entry. \u201cThis massive interception of meth illustrates our commitment to keeping our communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers seized the narcotics and the vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations special agents have launched a criminal investigation into the case, authorities said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $17 million worth of suspected methamphetamine concealed in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[12172,87068,1474,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-223907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-customs-and-border-protection","9":"tag-pharr-international-bridge","10":"tag-south-texas","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}