{"id":75950,"date":"2026-07-10T13:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/border-agents-crack-open-cabbage-shipment-hiding-multimillion-dollar-secret-at-texas-border\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:54:45","slug":"border-agents-crack-open-cabbage-shipment-hiding-multimillion-dollar-secret-at-texas-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/border-agents-crack-open-cabbage-shipment-hiding-multimillion-dollar-secret-at-texas-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Border agents crack open cabbage shipment hiding multimillion-dollar secret at Texas border"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers made a $10 million drug bust on Monday during an inspection of a commercial tractor trailer transporting cabbage at the Pharr Port of Entry, a bridge near the southernmost part of Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan led officers to a hidden load inside the trailer, CBP said. A physical search uncovered 477 packages containing 1,173 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $10,787,500.<\/p>\n

“This interception is a powerful reminder that our CBP officers are on duty 24\/7, employing every resource to detect and deter those who attempt to exploit our borders,” Carlos Rodriguez, Port Director for the Hidalgo Port of Entry, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

CBP seized the narcotics and commercial truck.\u00a0<\/p>\n

COCAINE WORTH OVER $1.1M SEIZED FROM ‘EMPTY’ TRUCK AT TEXAS BORDER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The haul continues to illustrate the smuggling threat faced by the country even amid historic investments in border security<\/a> and record-breaking staffing levels at CBP.<\/p>\n

Republicans in Congress have flooded the agency with cash through President Donald Trump\u2019s signature Big Beautiful Bill as well as recent efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security<\/a> through the end of the administration. The two bills included $64 billion and $26 billion for CBP, respectively. A large portion of the second bill is set aside for agency manpower.<\/a><\/p>\n

SENATE REPUBLICANS UNVEIL IMMIGRATION FUNDING PLAN WITH $140 BILLION PRICE TAG AS GOP AIMS TO SPEND LESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, CBP announced it had broken staffing records, reaching 21,471 officers \u2014 the most in the agency\u2019s 102-year history.<\/p>\n

At the same time, since the end of 2024, border crossings have fallen dramatically,<\/a> going from over 144,000 encounters in December 2024 to just 13,500 in May \u2014 a 90% reduction.<\/p>\n

Despite the heavy investments, CBP and other federal agencies remain engaged in intercepting more organized smuggling operations<\/a> that threaten to bring drugs, weapons and people illegally into the country.<\/p>\n

BORDER AGENTS UNCOVER $3.7M IN COCAINE MASQUERADING AS A CUCUMBER DELIVERY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In April, for example, CBP announced it had prevented a car carrying a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, 16 AK rifles, 24 rifle magazines, 16 rifle stocks, 20 pistol grips, and other weapon parts from crossing<\/a> the border.<\/p>\n

“The threat of illicit narcotics is constant, but so is our vigilance,” Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIRST ON FOX: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers made a $10 million drug bust on Monday during an inspection of a commercial tractor trailer transporting cabbage at the Pharr Port of Entry, a bridge near the southernmost part of Texas. A canine inspection and nonintrusive imaging scan led officers to a hidden load inside … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75950\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}