CBP Seizes $3.7 Million Cocaine Hidden in Cucumber Load at Texas Border

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 2

$3.7 million worth of cocaine—278.88 pounds packed in 112 bundles—was seized from a tractor-trailer declared as cucumbers at the Pharr International Bridge in Texas.
CBP officers found the shipment after a canine alert and nonintrusive imaging scan exposed anomalies in the vehicle, prompting a deeper inspection and confiscation of the load.
The bust underscores that drug smuggling remains active even as illegal border crossings have fallen sharply, with encounters dropping from more than 144,000 in December 2024 to about 10,000 in April.
Pharr and nearby ports have logged other major interdictions this year, including 515 pounds of cocaine hidden in a rose shipment in February and 298 pounds concealed in a carrot truck in April.