This is a set of photos showing different ways of smuggling drugs across the US-Mexico border.
The more difficult for them it becomes to smuggle, the more ingenious methods they invent.

Two people hidden in the engine compartment of a van.

Illegal immigrants found in compartments in the floor of a car.

An illegal immigrant hidden behind the back seat of a passenger car.

A man is discovered sewn into the upholstery of a van seat

A woman was discovered hidden in the side panel of a car

In June 2009, Border Patrol agents discovered 73 illegal immigrants crammed in the back of a tractor trailer

Customs officers arrested a 36-year-old Mexican truck driver after finding more than half a ton of marijuana into the United States inside concrete
furniture that he was transporting into the U.S.

The man drove the truck into the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, hauling a load of concrete benches, tabletops, pillars and decorative blocks.

After X-raying the load, officers broke apart the concrete goods.

They found 140 packages of marijuana embedded in the concrete pieces, weighing a total of 1,335 pounds.

Marijuana found hidden inside oxygen tanks

The garden hose reels were in the back of a landscapers truck, along with gardening tools.

Marijuana was discovered hidden inside the reels.

A woman was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 17, 2009, when federal officers staffing San Ysidro Port of Entry found a nine-pound stash of
marijuana inside her daughter’s stroller.

In June 2009, a 30-year-old Mexican man was arrested while trying to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on a surfboard in Imperial Beach.

A 16-year-old boy was caught trying to smuggle drugs across the border by taping packets to his body.

Drugs concealed in a lawn mower

Drugs found hidden under the seat of a motorcycle

Marijuana hidden inside a roll of plastic

Border Patrol agents arrested two Los Angeles women in June 2009 after finding 166 pounds of marijuana hidden in their minivan. Authorities estimated
that the drugs had a street value of more than $100,000. The women were carrying two children in the Dodge Caravan

Drugs found hidden in the shoes of a 24-year-old man trying to cross the border in February 2010

Border agents arrested a 22-year old Chula Vista man after they found 112 pounds of marijuana hidden in a big screen TV in the cargo area of the
vehicle he was driving.

Packets of methamphetamine hidden under the chassis of a car

Methamphetamine hidden in secret compartments under a vehicle

Drugs concealed in a body panel of a Mercedes Benz

Heroin hidden in the differential of a vehicle

Heroin hidden in the differential of a vehicleSource
The more difficult for them it becomes to smuggle, the more ingenious methods they invent.

Two people hidden in the engine compartment of a van.

Illegal immigrants found in compartments in the floor of a car.

An illegal immigrant hidden behind the back seat of a passenger car.

A man is discovered sewn into the upholstery of a van seat

A woman was discovered hidden in the side panel of a car

In June 2009, Border Patrol agents discovered 73 illegal immigrants crammed in the back of a tractor trailer

Customs officers arrested a 36-year-old Mexican truck driver after finding more than half a ton of marijuana into the United States inside concrete
furniture that he was transporting into the U.S.

The man drove the truck into the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, hauling a load of concrete benches, tabletops, pillars and decorative blocks.

After X-raying the load, officers broke apart the concrete goods.

They found 140 packages of marijuana embedded in the concrete pieces, weighing a total of 1,335 pounds.

Marijuana found hidden inside oxygen tanks

The garden hose reels were in the back of a landscapers truck, along with gardening tools.

Marijuana was discovered hidden inside the reels.

A woman was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 17, 2009, when federal officers staffing San Ysidro Port of Entry found a nine-pound stash of
marijuana inside her daughter’s stroller.

In June 2009, a 30-year-old Mexican man was arrested while trying to smuggle 24 pounds of marijuana ashore on a surfboard in Imperial Beach.

A 16-year-old boy was caught trying to smuggle drugs across the border by taping packets to his body.

Drugs concealed in a lawn mower

Drugs found hidden under the seat of a motorcycle

Marijuana hidden inside a roll of plastic

Border Patrol agents arrested two Los Angeles women in June 2009 after finding 166 pounds of marijuana hidden in their minivan. Authorities estimated
that the drugs had a street value of more than $100,000. The women were carrying two children in the Dodge Caravan

Drugs found hidden in the shoes of a 24-year-old man trying to cross the border in February 2010

Border agents arrested a 22-year old Chula Vista man after they found 112 pounds of marijuana hidden in a big screen TV in the cargo area of the
vehicle he was driving.

Packets of methamphetamine hidden under the chassis of a car

Methamphetamine hidden in secret compartments under a vehicle

Drugs concealed in a body panel of a Mercedes Benz

Heroin hidden in the differential of a vehicle

Heroin hidden in the differential of a vehicleSource
