Border officials find 3 pounds of meth hidden in tortillas

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found found almost 3 pounds of methamphetamine in packages of tortillas. Click through to see more odd and interesting ways that people have tried to smuggle drugs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found found almost 3 pounds of methamphetamine in packages of tortillas. Click through to see more odd and interesting ways that people have tried to smuggle drugs. Photo: U.S. Customs And Border Protection Photo: U.S. Customs And Border Protection Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Border officials find 3 pounds of meth hidden in tortillas 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

A 62-year-old man allegedly brought a new meaning to "secret ingredient."

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a man in the border community of Nogales, Arizona, was caught carrying 3 pounds of methamphetamine in hollowed-out tortillas. Officers discovered the meth after a canine unit at the Port of Nogales sniffed out the drugs on Friday.

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In a separate incident, officers on Saturday seized nearly 26 pounds of meth from a 23-year-old American man living in Santa Ana, Mexico. Border Patrol allegedly found $78,000 worth of meth in the man's Chevy SUV.

In each incident, the drugs were seized and the suspects were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.