Customs and Border Protection said that officers discovered almost 1,200 small packages of meth hidden within a shipment of onions at a San Diego border crossing on Sunday.

On Sunday, at 1 p.m., a 46-year-old driver was stopped at the land port of entry and had his shipment inspected.

The dog indicated that it was detecting drugs after the truck was screened. There were 1,197 packages of meth mixed with onions in the shipment.

Pallets of confiscated onions that hid more than 1,300 pounds of meth, which had been placed in packages designed to look like onions.
Pallets of confiscated onions that hid more than 1,300 pounds of meth, which had been placed in packages designed to look like onions.

The packages of meth were shaped into small globes with a white covering that were used to hide the onions they were hidden with. According to a news release, approximately 1,336 pounds of meth was taken from the packages and has an estimated street value of nearly $3 million.

Sidney Aki is the Director of Field Operations for Customs and Border Patrol in San Diego.

Packages of meth can be seen within a shipment of onions confiscated in San Diego on Sunday, Feb. 20.
Packages of meth can be seen within a shipment of onions confiscated in San Diego on Sunday, Feb. 20.

The lengths drug traffickers are willing to go as they try to smuggle narcotics into the U.S. shows how effective our officers are.

The driver was arrested. The driver, who was a Mexican citizen, was turned over to ICE by Customs and Border Patrol. The trailer, truck and meth were seized.

The City of Palm Springs is covered by Paul Albani-Burgio. Email paul.albani-burgio@desertsun.com if you want to follow him.

The article was originally published on the Palm Springs Desert Sun.

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