Shipment of meth disguised as packets of drink mix seized in Ohio, officials say

Drug traffickers can get incredibly creative in their efforts to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. but Customs and Border Protection officers are hard to fool.

With the help of Bruno, a “CBP detector dog,” Ohio officers in Ohio stopped a shipment of meth disguised as drink mix packets from getting to its destination, the agency reported in a news release.

A shipment with 15 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico was meant to go to a private residence in Houston according to CBP. Bruno detected the drugs in freight at the Port of Cincinnati.

The shipment was hidden in “18 foil packets labeled as various powdered drinks,” the agency said. Officers discovered it was actually $230,400 worth of meth after

“The work of the brave men and women at the Port of Cincinnati and the hard work and dedication of our canine teams has prevented yet another shipment of dangerous drugs from reaching our communities,” Richard Gillespie, the Cincinnati Port Director, said in a statement.

The 1,500 canine teams working with CBP “are taught to detect concealed humans,” drugs, money and firearms.