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| Border agents uncover $20M cocaine stash hidden beneath truck floorboards in massive bust |
| 2026-07-30 |
| [FoxNews] Border Protection officers detected anomalies during an X-ray inspection of a rebar-laden trailer crossing from Mexico Federal authorities uncovered more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine hidden beneath the floorboards of a commercial truck entering the U.S. from Mexico, marking one of the largest drug busts in Southern California this year. The Department of Justice said the half-ton of cocaine was discovered inside the floorboards of a commercial truck and flatbed trailer at the Calexico Port of Entry connecting California and Mexico. Authorities estimate the cocaine has a street value exceeding $20 million. The seizure marks the second-largest cocaine bust in the Southern District of California this year, according to federal prosecutors. The only larger cocaine seizure in the Southern District of California this year came in May, when authorities uncovered more than a ton of cocaine worth an estimated $45 million linked to an alleged cross-border drug tunnel. Officials said the trailer was carrying 269 bundles of rebar when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, working alongside Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration, detected anomalies during an X-ray inspection. After a narcotics detection dog alerted officers the trailer, they unloaded the rebar and removed the wooden floorboards, where they discovered 366 packages of cocaine weighing more than 1,000 pounds, or approximately 454 kilograms, prosecutors said. Lopez pleaded not guilty during his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday. A detention hearing is scheduled for Aug. 3. Related: Calexico: 2025-08-20 Trump plans to PAINT Southern border wall to make it hotter and harder to climb Calexico: 2024-06-16 Feds Seize Tons of Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl in May at California Border Crossings Calexico: 2021-04-06 Two Yemeni men on the FBI's terror watchlist are arrested in California after illegally crossing the border just weeks after Republicans warned terrorists were entering from Mexico Related: Cocaine 07/29/2026 A Letter with Two Bullets: The Immigrant Mafia Terrorizes French Politicians Cocaine 07/26/2026 Costa Rica's Most Wanted 'Diablo' Finally FAFO'd in Wild Sunrise Shootout Cocaine 07/25/2026 The Northern Border Is Quiet Until 1.7 Metric Tons of Drugs Appear |
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