People have been caught at various border entry points in El Paso, Texas, over the past week trying to smuggle fentanyl into the United States “within their bodies,” authorities say.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers say that in the three days to June 10 they identified and stopped “significant drug loads on a daily basis,” including fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.
On June 6, CBP officers first encountered a 34-year-old American woman at the Ysleta border crossing who had stashed 0.23 pounds of fentanyl “insider her rectal cavity.”
“Smugglers will utilize any and all methods available to introduce contraband to the United States,” said CBP El Paso Director of Field Operations Hector Mancha in a release.
