Ice cream maker used to smuggle $1.2M worth of cocaine across border.

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Ice cream maker used to smuggle $1.2M worth of cocaine across border.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 146 pounds of cocaine hidden in an ice cream machine being shipped from Mexico to the United States at the Bridge of the America's cargo facility in El Paso. The estimated street value of the cocaine is $1.2 million. The driver, a 43-year-old man from Mexico, was turned over to the Texas Department of Public Safety and faces state charges in connection to the failed smuggling attempt.

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