{"id":357624,"date":"2026-07-01T19:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357624\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:13:17","slug":"cbp-halts-57-pound-meth-shipment-at-paso-del-norte-port-of-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357624\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP Halts 57-Pound Meth Shipment at Paso Del Norte Port of Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meth-EP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Meth-EP.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry intercepted 57.9 lbs. of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $521,100\u00a0concealed inside a black sport utility vehicle on June 18. Image for illustration purposes\" class=\"wp-image-211156\"  \/><\/a>U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry intercepted 57.9 lbs. of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $521,100\u00a0concealed inside a black sport utility vehicle on June 18. Image for illustration purposes<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-62b71d8b27ddfc708460ca8dc1aadafb wp-block-paragraph\">Texas Border Business<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL PASO, Texas\u00a0\u2013\u00a0U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry intercepted 57.9 lbs. of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $521,100\u00a0concealed inside a black sport utility vehicle on June 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At approximately 12:30 p.m., a U.S. citizen female sought entry into the United States from Mexico in the passenger vehicle lane. During primary processing, CBP officers selected the vehicle for a secondary inspection and discovered multiple bundles of methamphetamine concealed within non-factory compartments of her SUV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the vehicle and the narcotics were confiscated. The female subject was taken into custody by federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCBP officers use their experience and advanced technology to stay one step ahead of smugglers,\u201d said CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Ray Provencio. \u201cTheir dedication and vigilance play a critical role in protecting our communities from the dangers of illicit drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interception demonstrates CBP\u2019s ongoing commitment to keeping illegal drugs out of the country and protecting the safety of communities nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry intercepted 57.9 lbs. of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[65784,138,140,139,127084,21471,18787],"class_list":["post-357624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-drug-smuggling","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-port-of-entry","tag-methamphetamine","tag-us-customs-and-border-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357624","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=357624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}