The Valentine's Rose Truck Hiding 2 Tons of CJNG Meth — DEA McAllen Bust

Forty pallets of roses. A four-tenths-degree temperature gap. Two tons of hidden methamphetamine. In February 2024, DEA agents in McAllen, Texas dismantled a CJNG smuggling corridor that had run undetected through 71 prior shipments across three years of Valentine's and Mother's Day floral surges. A legitimate Michoacán rose grower, coerced into cover, gave agents the break they needed. A rookie CBP officer's flagged temperature log started it all. This is the story of the 14-month investigation, the wiretap that almost blew the case, the cooperating grower who risked everything, and the 3:47 AM warehouse raid that seized 1,940 kilograms of meth worth $47.5 million — while the cell leader running the operation slipped back across the border two and a half hours before agents moved in. #DEA #CJNG #TrueCrime #CartelInvestigation #FederalRaid #DrugTrafficking Subscribe for more federal investigations