Border Patrol Seizes Nearly $12M In Meth At Del Rio Port Of Entry

The Border Patrol is reporting the largest seizure of meth in the history of the Del Rio Port of Entry. On Monday, an 18-wheeler tried to cross the Del Rio International Bridge when a Border Patrol officer referred it for a secondary inspection. A K-9 examination resulted in the discovery of more than 13-hundred pounds of meth divided into 320 packages. The Border Patrol says the drugs have an estimated street value of nearly 12-million-dollars. Homeland Security and ICE special agents are investigating the seizure.