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The Drug Enforcement Agency seized 2,380 pounds of methamphetamine that was found in a load of celery at a farmer’s market. “This is the largest meth seizure we’ve ever had her in DEA Atlanta, and it’s the third-largest seizure total DEA-wide,” DEA Atlanta Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy of the Atlanta field office said Monday. Murphy said agents were made aware of a tractor-trailer entering the U.S. from Mexico, and, unsure of its final destination, tracked it to the farmer’s market in Atlanta. The seized drugs were valued at around $3 million wholesale, and likely worth more at street …

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