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Hundreds of semi-trucks and vans carry commercial goods into the U.S. every day through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales.Customs and Border Protection uses a multi-layer approach to inspect that cargo, including interviews with drivers, K9s and X-rays.RELATED: Fentanyl seizures down, but Nogales still leads all ports of entryPort Director Michael Humphries says recently, CBP officers found 275 pounds of meth inside Coca-Cola cases, with fake bottles hiding a void in the center of a case.
“If we’re looking for narcotics, we’re gonna get out a little pallet X-Ray or a baggage X-Ray, and we’re gonna run through individual boxes. We’re gonna open boxes. Especially if we find one package , then we’re pretty much gonna dismantle everything in that truck.”Other inspection methods are non-intrusive.Humphries says in the last two years the port installed two Multi-Energy Portals , which are more advanced X-rays. They allow drivers to stay in their trucks while being scanned.
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