Nearly 2,600 lbs of meth found in celery at Georgia farmers’ market

[KARAH RUCKER]

NOT YOUR TYPICAL DAY AT THE FARMERS MARKET.

D-E-A AGENTS SEIZED NEARLY 26-HUNDRED POUNDS OF METH– WORTH MORE THAN THREE MILLION DOLLARS ALL DISGUISED AS PRODUCE.

[ROBERT MURPHY]

“THIS WAS CONTAINED IN A COVER LOAD OF CELERY. IT WAS HIDING IN THE CELERY. OBVIOUSLY, WE THREW AWAY THE CELERY. THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE STORE.”

[KARAH RUCKER]

THE D-E-A SAYS IT’S LARGEST DRUG SEIZURE BY THE ATLANTA DIVISION EVER AND THIRD LARGEST FIND BY THE AGENCY THIS YEAR. 

OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE GIVEN A TIP ABOUT A SEMI-TRAILER LOADED WITH DRUGS TRAVELING ACROSS THE MEXICAN BORDER AND TRACKED THE TRUCK TO THE ATLANTA STATE FARMERS MARKET.

THAT’S WHERE AUTHORITIES FOUND THE METH INSIDE THE TRUCK.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK– A MEXICAN NATIONAL, WAS ARRESTED.

THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE ATLANTA DIVISION SAYS THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DRUGS “SHOWS THE CONFIDENCE OF THE CARTEL BEHIND THIS.”

AND IT’S NOT THE ONLY CASE OF A SMUGGLER DISGUISING DRUG DISTRIBUTION THIS YEAR.

SIX MEN WERE CHARGED AS PART OF A SO-CALLED “DRUG EMPIRE.”

ALLEGEDLY HIDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF METH AND COCAINE INSIDE BLUETOOTH KARAOKE SPEAKERS.

THE MEN SMUGGLED THE DRUG-FILLED DEVICES FROM CALIFORNIA TO PENNSYLVANIA.

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