U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it has intercepted nearly half a tonne of methamphetamine and another almost half-tonne of cocaine during enforcement operations at the Detroit and Port Huron ports of entry.
The drugs were destined for Canada, border officials said in a news release issued Monday.
Officers in Detroit selected a Canada-bound commercial vehicle for a search on Thursday and turned up several bricks of a white powdery substance, later confirmed through testing to be cocaine.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
They were hidden within multiple boxes and two duffel bags.
In Port Huron on that same day, officials from Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searche