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Marijuana Found Mingled with Vegetables
Drugs have an estimated street value of $11M
Updated: Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009, 5:43 AM MST
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/nogales_marijuana_120209
Published : Wednesday, 02 Dec 2009, 5:43 AM MST
NOGALES, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port of Entry have seized more than 4,500 pounds of marijuana found inside a tractor trailer loaded with vegetables.
Authorities say the 184 bales of marijuana has an estimated street value of nearly $11 million.
They say the marijuana was mingled in with a shipment of bell peppers and cucumbers that originated in Sinaloa, Mexico and was destined for Nogales.
Officers working the Mariposa cargo facility say they noticed an anomaly Monday while they were scanning the tractor trailer through their mobile x-ray unit. A detection dog searched the shipment and alerted officials to the presence of narcotics.
The bell peppers and cucumbers were off-loaded and the marijuana was discovered.
Authorities say the 21-year-old driver — a Mexican citizen — was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation and processing.
A drug user is a loser who is enabling crime and murder with all associated with the drugs.
Mexico has had almost no enforced drug laws and that caused them to get really bad, to permeate all levels of government and to ruin the whole country IMO.