That was the best they could do? A balloon?
I understand it's a bit deflated, but my god. I reckon the smugglers could've landed at least six figures for a truck sized haul of hard drugs, so surely they could afford a better disguising apparatus than balloons.
Either way good riddance.
I firmly believe the cartels let some shipments get caught. $5 mil of meth really isn't that much.
Presumably enough still gets through that it's not worth changing anything. We only see what we catch, who knows how much makes it past. It would be unrealistic to check every truck crossing the border thoroughly, so it just has to be good enough.
If you have a deal with the border agents you didn't even need a deflated balloon.
Maybe worse, it was colored paper. Given the money involved, why not use actual watermelons?!
"disguised"
I think whoever came up with that idea was dipping into the product.
You mean in watermelons?
First it was celery, then came the watermelons, now get ready for ____________!!
Avocados!
Why does it have ICE tape on it?
seized at the US-Mexico border crossing...
Gee I wonder
Should be BPD tape then.
Both are Homeland Security, there are many reasons why they could be working together
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