Overview
- The methamphetamine was wrapped in green plastic to resemble watermelons, totaling 1,220 packages.
- A 29-year-old man driving a commercial tractor-trailer from Mexico was detained and handed over to Homeland Security Investigations.
- This seizure is part of Operation Apollo, targeting sophisticated smuggling techniques at the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Less than two weeks earlier, 629 pounds of meth were found hidden in a celery shipment at the same facility.
- Operation Apollo has expanded from California to Arizona and will soon include Texas and New Mexico.