Woman Caught Attempting To Smuggle Dozens Of Kilos Of Meth Inside Truck's Fuel Tank

A Mexican woman was caught while attempting to smuggle dozens of kilos of meth inside a truck's fuel tank, Customs and Border Protection informed.

The woman was caught while attempting to enter the U.S. through the Paso del Norte, which connects Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas.

"Officials spotted 60 packages weighing more than 31 kilos inside the fuel tank of a vehicle attempting to enter the U.S.," said the agency in a statement.

Such incidents are shared by the agency on a regular basis. A recent case in the U.S. involved almost 300 pounds of the substance inside solar panels.

In a social media publication in late July, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) noted that the substance was seized at Los Angeles airport LAX. The shipment was headed for New Zealand but had been flagged "based on prior intel and intercepted before export."

"We do this every day. These 'Criminal masterminds' never stood a chance," the publication adds.

A week prior CBP announced it seized $15 million worth of the drug inside a tractor trailer transporting carrots.

The incident took place the prior week at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas. There, an officer referred the trailer for further inspection, which ended up with the discovery of more than 300 packages of the drug with a combined weight of some 774 kilos. The agency added that the estimated street value of the drug stands above $15 million.

On the Mexican side of the border, two alleged smugglers were detained last week in the state of Sonora while carrying millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine.

The men in question were identified as Fernando "M" and Gilberto "S." They have already been charged with crimes against health.

Authorities detailed the men were detained by army troops in a road connecting the Golfo de Santa Clara and San Luis Rio Colorado.

They were transporting almost 500 pounds of meth in a truck with a street worth of more than $3 million. The men will be jailed preemptively for three months while authorities investigate the case.