10 Most Bizarre Items Found at U.S. Border Checkpoints

— June 14, 2014 Comments Off 1983

5. Mmm Mmm, High

When you hear about ingenious schemes like this, you just know that they drug cartels are pulling things off like this successfully all of the time. A shipment of powdered soup packets arrived at Washington’s Dulles International Airport in 2010 and came under suspicion of customs officials. When examined, the packets were found to contain more than soup. Nearly 2,000 grams of cocaine was discovered in the packets, which was estimated to be worth about $140,000.

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