Sept. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. border agents in Texas said they uncovered $16 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in a load of mangoes.
The drug delivery was uncovered weeks after $50 million of the illegal drug was discovered in another bust at America's southern border.
Officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Laredo said Monday that a tractor trailer shipment of frozen mangos allegedly carried hundreds of packages of what authorities believe to be illicit methamphetamine weighing nearly 2,000 pounds.
"It is not unusual to encounter hard narcotics comingled with fresh produce," according to Alberto Flores, director of the Laredo Port of Entry.
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