These solar panels need some tweaking.
US Customs and Border Protection seized nearly 300 pounds of methamphetamine that was hidden in a shipment of solar panels, the agency announced.
Officers intercepted the illicit, faux-green shipment at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday morning — and trolled the unidentified drug traffickers on social media.
Nearly 300lbs of meth disguised as solar panels were seized by CBP officers at LAX. CPD“We do this every day. These ‘criminal masterminds’ never stood a chance,” CBP gloated in a post on Facebook.
Photos showed CBP officers pulling apart rectangular, aluminum-lined solar panels in which the massive trove of highly addictive drugs was secreted in tidy bricks.
The high-energy shipment was destined for New Zealand, officials said, citing “prior intel.”
Officials did not announce any arrests associated with the bust.
CBP has made a habit of touting victories with flourish.
The shipment, headed for New Zealand, was flagged based on prior intel and intercepted before export. CPD
Officials did not announce any arrests associated with the bust at LAX. FG/Bauergriffin.comLast week, the agency mocked an alleged illegal alien who wore an American flag T-shirt when he was apprehended in Buffalo, New York.
