U.S. Citizen Detained In Mexico While Carrying Meth Hiding Inside His Car

A U.S. citizen has been detained in Mexico while carrying dozens of kilos of methamphetamine in the border state of Sonora.

Infobae detailed that Edward "R" was carrying several plastic bags with the drug inside his car, which had a California license plate. He will remain in custody.

The outlet noted that earlier this month Mexican law enforcement officers also arrested a U.S. citizen in the same state while carrying more than $1 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in office furniture.

Back then, officers detained the man after detecting abnormalities in the vehicle he was driving. After scanning the car, they detected more than 80 kilograms of the drug inside wooden furniture.

"The cost of the seized drug amounts to 21.3 million pesos," said the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection in a statement.

Several such incidents take routinely take place both in Mexico and the U.S., as well as at the border between the two countries.

A recent one took place in late September, when Customs and Border Protection agents seized half a ton of methamphetamine hidden inside a trailer truck carrying sodas as it headed to the U.S.

The incident took place at a port of entry in Roma, Texas, when the trailer sought to enter the country from Mexico. Infobae detailed that agents selected the vehicle for a thorough review, leading a drug-sniffing dog to flag the presence of drugs in it.

A further inspection revealed the presence of more than 660 kilograms of meth, which has a street value of more than $13 million. The drugs and the vehicle were seized.

Earlier that month, agents found more than $16 million worth of methamphetamine concealed inside a frozen mango shipment.

According to the Laredo Morning Times, the bust occurred on Sept. 9, when a CBP officer referred a tractor-trailer for secondary inspection. After conducting a nonintrusive scan and a canine sweep, officers discovered 733 packages of suspected methamphetamine hidden within the load of frozen mangoes.