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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    1 day 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.

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      24 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.