Meth Smuggler Nabbed with 163kg in Propane Tanks

0:00A 51-year-old Mexican national named Paul Ivan Palmero Martinez just got slapped with 17 and a half years in federal prison in Del Rio. Texas for smuggling 163 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S. Back on June 5, 2022, he rode up to the Eagle Passport of Entry and a Ford F-350 tow truck claiming he was heading to San Antonio for motorbike parts or an engine, nothing to declare. Palmero's officers sent him to secondary inspection, spotted two fresh painted propane tanks in the back that reaked of suspicion and a K-9 dog hit. On narcotics, leading them to cut the tanks open and find the massive meth hall inside. Palmero Martinez later confessed to agents that a partner was paying him to deliver the drugs and he'd even made a dry run before with the same truck. Through Del Rio, for 800 bucks, just to build a clean crossing history, this bust by IC Homeland Security Investigations, prosecuted by assistant U.S. attorney Brett Miner, shows

1:03how these crews keep evolving there. Tricks, but border agents stay one step ahead, locking down these poison pipelines for good. Dallas News Today, powered by AI Bringing You What Matters, I'm Corey with The Story.