Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market

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Over 2,300 pounds of meth found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market
“It was hiding in the celery," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. "Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”

Aug. 13, 2024, 9:43 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
By The Associated Press

FOREST PARK, Ga. — Celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines that federal agents discovered in a truck at a farmers market outside Atlanta, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 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 at a Monday news conference, WAGA-TV reported.

The agency had learned about a semitrailer coming across the Mexican border, and agents tracked the drugs to the farmers market, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy. The drugs were found inside the truck, he said.

“This was contained in a cover load of celery,” Murphy said. “It was hiding in the celery. Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”

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1. I watch the series seized at the border.

And other shows along that line. It’s amazing how many ways smugglers will use to get drugs in. One show the entire body of an electric guitar was made of (I think) pressed cocaine. Expresso machines, air conditioners, heavy equipment, batteries, etc. all used to smuggle drugs in. Saw fentanyl mixed in 5 gallon latex paint cans. Cocaine in all sorts of drinks that looked factory made.

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2. did the truck have a colorful logo like "dos hermanos apio"