October 30, 2009

Nearly $1 million in pot seized in Otay Mesa

Nearly 1,600 pounds of marijuana were discovered hidden in a shipment of cardboard scrap at the Otay Mesa border crossing Thursday, authorities said.

The semi-truck pulling a flatbed trailer entered the cargo port about 12:30 p.m. and a gamma ray imaging system detected anomalies with the load, officials said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers unloaded the shipment and discovered a glass box filled with 47 packages of marijuana, valued at $960,000.

The driver, a 35-year-old man from Rosarito, Mexico, was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling.

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