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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Meth worth nearly $6m found in fake watermelons at US-Mexico border

Several large blue bins contain fake watermelons intended to look like real ones
Customs and border patrol officials captured a shipment of 1,220 fake watermelons amongst real ones. Photograph: US Customs & Border Patrol

Everyday fruit and vegetables are some of the latest methods Mexican cartels are using to smuggle drugs into the US, recent seizures of methamphetamine suggest.

Around 2 tonnes of the powerful stimulant known colloquially as crystal meth was discovered recently in packages designed to look like bright green watermelons at the San Diego, California, port of Otay Mesa, according to US Customs and Border Patrol Protection officials.

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