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• U.S Customs and Border Protection shuts down smuggling attempts on a daily basis, but what its officers caught at the Presidio, Texas, port of entry wasn't the usual contraband.
While inspecting a vehicle being driven into the U.S., CBP personnel discovered 748 pounds of Mexican bologna.
The New York Post reports that 40 rolls of the deli meat were hidden in a number of suitcases throughout the vehicle.
CBP Presidio Port Director Benito Reyes Jr. said in a news release that "the concern with pork products is that they have the potential to introduce foreign animal diseases that can have devastating effects to the U.S. economy and to our agriculture industry."
The driver, an American citizen, was issued a $1,000 civil penalty; the bologna was destroyed per USDA regulations. [WHAM-13, 9/28/2024]