Cocaine Tamales, Meth-Filled Cheese: U.S. Customs' Strangest Border Busts

Cocaine Tamales, Meth-Filled Cheese: U.S. Customs' Strangest Border Busts Meth inside a cheese wheel. Opium inside 66 bars of soap from Thailand. Smugglers were imaginative when trying to sneak drugs and other illegal objects into the country last year. But the novel hiding for stashing their contraband didn't always slip past the guards and agents watching American borders. U.S. Customs and Border Protection took to Twitter to count down the 10 strangest busts of 2014.



"We find things in really weird places," said U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Jennifer Evanitsky, who amassed the list. "Smugglers got creative."



Of course, the most successful smugglers won't be shamed by winding up on this list.

No. 10 - A July seizure of 67 live Giant African Snails at LAX. http://t.co/jwAcklV7En #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/13XsfFI

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 23, 2014

No. 9-In June, #CBP K9s alerted to heroin & meth hidden inside fire extinguishers http://t.co/oxx7f5jmno #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/13Xsi4f

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 24, 2014

No. 8 - CBP kept these cocaine-filled tamales off the menu of an end of summer party http://t.co/bw7VOKnhxv #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dlYB

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 24, 2014

No.7-Not your Grandma's cookies. Officers found cocaine hidden inside these in June http://t.co/h0xOuxevBE #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dlYD

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 25, 2014

No.6-Even religious statues aren’t off limits for smugglers shown by this Nov find http://t.co/ropPorbssp #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dk74

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 26, 2014

No.5 - Smugglers up to no "Gouda." Meth was found inside this cheese wheel in Apr. http://t.co/Hz7H9dMZ8D #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dmf0

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 27, 2014

No. 4-In Sept, #CBP officers found opium in 66 bars of soap shipped from Thailand http://t.co/CfK05M6zex #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dmf3

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 29, 2014

No.3–This accordion’s pitch was off due to the meth officers found inside in June http://t.co/1WLrMRkYvm #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/1x9dk78

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 30, 2014

No.2–Dolls usually come with their own hairbrush, not $52k of heroin like #CBP officers discovered in Sept. #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/13XsiRG

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 30, 2014

No. 1–A modern day Trojan Horse! #CBP officers found 29lbs of cocaine hidden inside http://t.co/ch2k6NL2Nh #CBPTop10 http://ift.tt/13XsiRJ

— CBP (@CustomsBorder) December 31, 2014