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$3M In Meth Found In Religious Picture Frames During Texas Traffic Stop 

  

Via The Associated Press– A Texas Panhandle traffic stop has yielded $3 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in the frames of religious-themed pictures.

Two people were arrested during the stop near Conway while bound for Georgia.

On Tuesday morning  a car was pulled over for a traffic violation on Interstate 40, east of Amarillo.

A car search turned up 27 bundles of methamphetamine, about 35 pounds, inside the structure of several picture frames portraying images of religious figures.

The driver and the passenger, both from Tijuana, Mexico, face felony charges of possession of a controlled substance.

The police believe the meth was being taken from Mexico to Atlanta.

Workers Find Hidden Safe Under Pablo Escobar’s Former Miami Mansion

  

Another safe has been found on the property late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Miami Beach, near a mansion that was believed to be used for a stash house.

While he was using an excavator, construction worker Miguel Mato found the safe hidden in the concrete foundation, in the last wall to be knocked down. The combination-locked safe is two feet by two feet and weighs hundreds of pounds.

Originally, the property owner, Christian de Berdouare, didn’t believe Mato found a safe in the mansion that belonged to “El Patron”.

Mato said:

“I told the owner, ‘Look there’s a safe. And he thought I was messing with him, and I said, ‘No there’s a safe for real.”

Escobar, nicknamed “El Patrón”, which means “The Boss”, bought the property in March 1980 for $762,500, according to Miami-Dade County public records. Pablo Escobar’s name is listed in a document transferring ownership of the property.

The U.S. government seized the property in 1987 and in 1990, it was acquired by a private owner. The mansion had four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a pool and garage. It sat vacant for years after it was heavily damaged by a fire.