US CUSTOMS and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the El Paso crossing apprehended a woman carrying a package of fentanyl in her vagina.
After being selected for a secondary exam at the border, the woman admitted to having a foreign object hidden inside her body, and was taken to a medical facility where it was confirmed and removed.
As you'd no doubt appreciate, it would have been catastrophic had the packaging failed.
CBP El Paso Port Director Ray Provencio said, in something of an understatement, "It is best to not engage in smuggling activity, but especially this form...It is risky on many levels."
The incident comes two weeks after El Paso border forces found more than 5kg of fentanyl tablets and powder hidden in the battery compartment of a motor scooter, while another haul was found within the frame of a bicycle.
More than 150 Americans die each day from fentanyl and synthetic opioid overdose.
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