More than 1 000 kg of meth found hidden in celery
Celery was used to conceal more than 1 043 kg of methamphetamines that US federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said.
In what the DEA called one of the largest seizures of its kind, agents confiscated the drugs being delivered to the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park, authorities said.
The agency had learned about a semi-trailer coming across the Mexican border and agents tracked the drugs to the farmers market. The drugs were found inside the truck.
“This was contained in a cover load of celery,” an agent said. “It was hiding in the celery. Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”
PHOTO: AP
In what the DEA called one of the largest seizures of its kind, agents confiscated the drugs being delivered to the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park, authorities said.
The agency had learned about a semi-trailer coming across the Mexican border and agents tracked the drugs to the farmers market. The drugs were found inside the truck.
“This was contained in a cover load of celery,” an agent said. “It was hiding in the celery. Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”
PHOTO: AP
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