US | More egg products seized at the border than fentanyl since the start of the year
Federal statistics illustrate the rise of egg smuggling — and undermine the rationale for Donald Trump’s trade war
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Ok, this was clearly meant for nottheonion
L🥚L!
What's being done with the "detained" eggs? Hopefully they aren't being destroyed because that would be insane...
Great odds border agents are just taking them home. Which I’m sure absolutely nobody would even consider taking advantage of for nefarious purposes.
Soon: "Border agents seized a truckload of eggs hidden inside avocados."
Gonna have to start getting them in by drone then...
Same thing was with avocado in the past. If there is profit to be made there is someone to make a profit any means necessary