Customs Officers Find Meth Hidden in Beer Bottles

Last Update: 7:29 pm

HIDALGO - Methamphetamine and undeclared cash is seized at the Hidalgo port of entry.

Customs officers arrested a 19-year-old Illinois man driving a Dodge minivan after officers discovered meth hidden inside 12 beer bottles. The weight and street value of the meth has not been determined yet.

Customs officers also discovered $130,000 in undeclared cash carried by two passengers aboard a commercial bus heading into Mexico. Some of the money was found in the shirt and pant pocket of a Splendor, Texas, man, and the rest of the cash was found in the seat of the second man arrested, a 21-year-old man from Baytown.

The cash and marijuana in both seizures were turned over to ICE agents.

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