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Officers seize a shipment of baby wipes that turned out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine

Headline from Local News 8, from the development of Aug 30, 2022

Newest development Aug 31, 2022 · 2 reports$11.8 million worth of cocaine found in baby wipes shipment entering Texas, authorities say

By Zoe Sottile, CNN A shipment of baby wipes at the US-Mexico border turned out to be something quite different: $11.8 million worth of cocaine. US Customs and Border Protection officers seized the narcotics Friday at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, according to a Monday news release.

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    Officers seize a shipment of baby wipes that turned out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

  2. Newest

    $11.8 million worth of cocaine found in baby wipes shipment entering Texas, authorities say

    Headline from CBS News ·

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  1. Local News 8

    Officers seize a shipment of baby wipes that turned out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Zoe Sottile, CNN A shipment of baby wipes at the US-Mexico border turned out to be something quite different: $11.8 million worth of cocaine. US Customs and Border Protection officers seized the narcotics Friday at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, according to a Monday news release.

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Feds nab baby wipes shipment that turns out to be $11.8M worth of cocaine (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A shipment of baby wipes at the U.S.-Mexico border turned out to be something quite different: $11.8 million worth of cocaine.

  3. Delaware Public Media

    A shipment of baby wipes turns out to be $11.8 million worth of cocaine (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the seized cocaine totaled more than $11.8 million in street value.

  4. CBS News

    $11.8 million worth of cocaine found in baby wipes shipment entering Texas, authorities say (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    Border patrol officers in Laredo, Texas, said the discovery marked their largest drug seizure in 20 years.

  5. Fox News

    Border officials in Texas make largest cocaine bust in 20 years inside baby wipe shipment (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    U.S. Custom and Border Protection officers seized nearly $12 million in cocaine near Laredo, Texas, inside a shipment that was marked "baby wipes," officials said.

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