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"Mexican Cartels Smuggle Drugs in Fake Fruits, Border Patrol Discovers"

US Customs and Border Patrol officials seized $5 million worth of meth concealed in 1,220 fake watermelons among real ones at the US-Mexico border in California. Mexican cartels use imitation fruits to smuggle drugs, a strategy now considered "sophisticated."