Authorities seize $3 million of pot from under watermelon shipment


February 27, 2008 - 9:11AM
SARITA -- Federal authorities seized more than $3 million of marijuana hidden under a load of watermelons.

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized the drugs Saturday at a checkpoint on Highway 77 in Sarita. A drug-sniffing dog found the drugs during secondary inspection of a semi truck.

Border Patrol agents then pulled 179 bundles of marijuana from under a load of watermelons. The drugs weighed about 4,237 pounds with an estimated street value of $3,389,600.

Agents also arrested the 39-year-old man from Veracruz, Mexico, and they seized $1,383 from him.

The driver and the drugs remain in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending further investigation.





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