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Over 3K Pounds Of Meth Seized At Pharr International Bridge

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FILE - A customs agent wears a patch for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in South Texas have seized over three-thousand pounds of meth. The seizures happened at the Pharr International Bridge last week. About 870 pounds of meth was found in a shipment of limes on January 6th.

More than 27-hundred pounds of meth was found in a shipment of tomatillo on January 8th. The combined street value of the meth was estimated at nearly 29-million dollars.