Feds: Nearly $2.5M in marijuana mixed with melons
Federal authorities seized nearly $2.5 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of watermelons in southern Arizona.
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Posted: 06/20/2012
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By: Associated Press
NOGALES, AZ - Federal authorities have seized nearly $2.5 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of watermelons in southern Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say almost 5,000 pounds of marijuana was seized and a Mexican man arrested at the Mariposa Cargo facility in Nogales.
Officers referred a 26-year-old man for a secondary inspection of his tractor-trailer load of melons on Saturday afternoon.
A physical inspection of the shipment revealed 674 bundles of marijuana weighing almost 5,000 pounds co-mingled with the shipment.
Authorities say the marijuana was disguised as melons.
The tractor-trailer, drugs and produce were processed for seizure. The driver was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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