Authorities at the Otay Mesa commercial facility in San Diego County found 1,220 packages of methamphetamine, wrapped in paper and painted green to mimic a watermelon.
Choosing the right watermelon can be tricky. Sometimes they're not ripe, or maybe they have too many seeds. Then there's the possibility the 'melons' are actually $5 million worth of methamphetamine painted to look like fruit so they can be smuggled across the border. That was the sight U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered Friday, when a 29-year-old man drove a commercial tractor-trailer to the Otay Mesa commercial facility and tried to enter San Diego County.
Officers seized the meth and the tractor-trailer. The driver was turned over to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. There was no other information available about the driver. 'As drug cartels continue to evolve their smuggling techniques, we will continue finding new and better ways to prevent these dangerous drugs and other contraband from entering the country,' Port Director Rosa E. Hernandez said in a statement.
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