These solar panels need some tweaking.
US Customs and Border Protection seized nearly 300 pounds of methamphetamine that was hidden in a shipment of solar panels, the agency announced.
Officers intercepted the illicit, faux-green shipment at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday morning — and trolled the unidentified drug traffickers on social media.
“We do this every day. These ‘criminal masterminds’ never stood a chance,” CBP gloated in a post on Facebook.
Photos showed CBP officers pulling apart rectangular, aluminum-lined solar panels in which the massive trove of highly addictive drugs was secreted in tidy bricks.
The high-energy shipment was destined for New Zealand, officials said, citing “prior intel.”
Officials did not announce any arrests associated with the bust.
CBP has made a habit of touting victories with flourish.
Last week, the agency mocked an alleged illegal alien who wore an American flag T-shirt when he was apprehended in Buffalo, New York.
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