US travelers' cars prove big attraction for drug smugglers
By Associated Press in San Diego | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-24 07:58
Drug smugglers are turning people who are granted "trusted travelers" status by the United States government into unwitting mules.
They are placing containers with powerful magnets under the travelers' cars in Mexico and then recovering the illegal cargo far from the view of border authorities in the US.
One motorist noticed a container while buying gas after crossing into California earlier this month and thought it might be a bomb.
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