Overview

• Officers uncovered the drugs sandwiched between panel layers and concealed under duct tape and aluminum foil to evade X-ray scans
• CBP intercepted the cargo based on tips that identified the shipment’s illicit contents prior to export
• Photographs released on X depict agents cutting into the panels to reveal stacks of crystallized methamphetamine
• The agency highlighted the bust as part of routine enforcement but declined to disclose when or where it occurred or whether arrests were made
• The seizure underscores a surge in inventive meth smuggling schemes at LAX targeting Asia-Pacific markets this year