The strangest drug-smuggling tactics used in Texas & along the border

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It's only mid-March, but this year has already seen some curious drug-smuggling failed attempts.

Although drug traffickers do seem to be getting more creative.

Where past busts have included drugs disguised as strange-looking produce, this year agents have already seen canned cocaine and grease buckets with packages of marijuana.

>>See the gallery above for a look at some of the recent smuggling fails.

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In mid-January, U.S. Customs Border Patrol officers even made a record-breaking interception. The CBP seized $2 million worth of methamphetamine between two days at the border in Presidio, Texas.

"The narcotic interception (on Jan. 11) set a new crystal methamphetamine seizure record for the port," Presidio Port of Entry Director Steven Green said. "Due to the vigilance and dedication of our officers these dangerous drugs never made it to American streets."

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Data for the 2016 fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2015 through Sept. 30, 2016, was released Wednesday and showed an increase in drug interceptions.

From Brownsville to Del Rio, CBP confiscated more than 157,000 pounds of drugs with a street value of $188 million. The breakdown: "144,483 pounds of marijuana; 5,877 pounds of cocaine; 6,728 pounds of methamphetamine, up 35 percent from FY 2015; 859 pounds of heroin."

"Our frontline CBP officers carried out a robust amount of enforcement activity in FY 2016 and we have seen a significant increase in the amount of methamphetamine seized," said Field Operations director for the Laredo Field Office, David P. Higgerson. "Our officers continue to advance the CBP mission by upholding the agency's commitment to border security while facilitating the processing of lawful trade and travel at South Texas ports of entry and treating travelers with dignity, professionalism and respect."

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