U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Area Port of Port Huron intercepted approximately 200 pounds of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge port of entry on Thursday, June 8.
Officers were conducting inspections of outbound commercial cargo when the cocaine was discovered, commingled among a shipment of goods.
The illicit cargo was seized, and the tractor and trailer were detained pending further investigation by Homeland Security Investigations’ Border Enforcement Security Task Force in Port Huron. The driver of the vehicle will face federal prosecution.
Acting Port Director Scott Opalka praised the Port Huron team for their work, noting that “this discovery underscores the reality of ongoing efforts by drug trafficking organizations to circumvent our laws and traffic illicit substances for gain.”
