21 X-Ray Pics of Smugglers Caught at the Border

Daniel Bonfiglio Published 11/08/2024 in wow

Cartels will do whatever it takes to smuggle drugs and contraband, while migrants will do whatever it takes to escape their home countries. And while each group is alarmingly adept at accomplishing their goals, border patrols are putting modern technology to use to stop them.

The X-ray is one of the most powerful tools at their disposal, and whether searching a truck for people or a mule for drugs, it sees right through deception.

Here are 21 photos of x-rays that did their job, and helped catch the smugglers.

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X-Rays from the US - Mexico border patrol.
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An x-ray performed by customs revealed more than 380 packages of cocaine inside the arm of an excavator.
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Eight-year-old smuggled in a suitcase into Spain.
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X-rays of drug mules.
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X-ray showing people being smuggled across the Mexican/Guatemalan border.
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X-ray reveals illegal lizards.
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Man caught smuggling frogs out of Thailand.
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Scanner finds illegal gun.
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Car scanner reveals contreband.
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1.
X-Rays from the US - Mexico border patrol.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
An x-ray performed by customs revealed more than 380 packages of cocaine inside the arm of an excavator.
9.
10.
Eight-year-old smuggled in a suitcase into Spain.
11.
X-rays of drug mules.
12.
13.
14.
X-ray showing people being smuggled across the Mexican/Guatemalan border.
15.
X-ray reveals illegal lizards.
16.
Man caught smuggling frogs out of Thailand.
17.
Scanner finds illegal gun.
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19.
Car scanner reveals contreband.
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