Sept. 15 (UPI) — U.S. border agents in Texas said they uncovered $16 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in a load of mangoes.

The drug delivery was uncovered weeks after $50 million of the illegal drug was discovered in another bust at America’s southern border.

Officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Laredo said Monday that a tractor trailer shipment of frozen mangos allegedly carried hundreds of packages of what authorities believe to be illicit methamphetamine weighing nearly 2,000 pounds.

“It is not unusual to encounter hard narcotics comingled with fresh produce,” according to Alberto Flores, director of the Laredo Port of Entry.

Flores said border officers made the discovery last Tuesday in what he described as an “effective combination of targeting and high-tech tools to take down this significant methamphetamine load” of about 733 packages that weighed nearly 1,791 pounds during a traffic stop at World Trade Bridge.

According to U.S. officials, the payload had a value of more than $16 million.

CBP agents seized the narcotics hidden within the shipment after the mango-carrying truck was referred for a secondary inspection and underwent a “nonintrusive inspection” by a canine unit.

The most recent drug bust comes a few weeks after the U.S. border agency revealed it uncovered nearly $50 million of the illegal drug during two separate stops in the same area.

On Monday, Flores added that seizures of hard narcotics “on this scale underscore not only the pervasive nature of the drug threat but our steadfast commitment to keeping our border secure,” he said in a statement.

A criminal investigation is ongoing by agents of Homeland Security Investigations.