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Smugglers disguised $5 million worth of methamphetamine as watermelons and tried to truck them across the border from Mexico, US border agents said.

More than 4,500 pounds (2,000 kilograms) of the addictive drug were wrapped in paper packages painted to look like the juicy fruit and hidden amongst other cargo.

Border agents pulled over the produce-laden tractor-trailer at Otay Mesa in California on Friday and got in amongst the cargo for a closer look.

There they discovered more than 1,200 watermelons were actually bundles of the synthetic drug wrapped in colored paper, US Customs and Border Protection said this week.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bro. You could have had realistic plastic watermelon shells made for like, $5~$10 each. Instead you grabbed some butcher paper, some tape and a sharpie. How the fuck did you end up responsible for transporting $5m of meth?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Well we dont know how many times it's already worked

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Smugglers disguised

No. No they didn’t. Not even close.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I initially read that as "in watermelons" but it's "as" which is quite the bold move.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

How many watermelons does border control have to bust until they try something else?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

"""disguise"""