Agents found 30 brick-like packages of cocaine inside the backpacks, located in a wooded area in Washington near the U.S. border with Canada.

Summary

U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered two backpacks containing $1.1 million worth of cocaine in a wooded area near Lynden, Washington, close to the Canadian border.

The backpacks held 30 brick-like packages of cocaine, which were tested and handed over to the DEA for processing.

Officials did not report any arrests connected to the discovery.

  • Nyxicas@kbin.melroy.org
    51·
    18 hours ago

    How did that get arranged? Did the druggies like get the idea of smuggling backwards? You’re supposed to try and get across the border WITH the stuff, not leave them there thinking “ah it’ll be fine if we left them there, we needed to offload some weight”. Because now they’re probably going to come back, realize the bags are gone and be like “oh shit we dumb”.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      281·
      18 hours ago

      This is pretty much the norm.

      Like, “dead drops” have a lot of good reasons to be a thing. If you’re snuggling over a million worth of coke between Canada and America, it’s not a small time operation, they might do this weekly. It’s better to lose product than someone get caught and talk or a handoff goes wrong.

      This is just breakage.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        21·
        9 hours ago

        Could even be a distraction from something bigger. Drug smugglers are amazingly crafty and innovative. They have to be in order to keep the product flowing.