Ton of pot found inside boxes of produce

UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM
5:47 p.m. August 20, 2008

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Dept. of Homeland Security
Boxes of marijuana are seen mixed in with a produce shipment.


OTAY MESA – Customs inspectors at the Otay Mesa commercial port of entry uncovered more than 2,700 pounds of marijuana stashed inside boxes of fresh cilantro in a tractor-trailer Tuesday night, authorities said.
Inspectors found 328 wrapped bundles of pot valued at about $1.2 million, Customs and Border Protection officials said Wednesday.

The 26-year-old truck driver, a Mexican national, was turned over to immigration officers and booked into the Metropolitan Correction Center in downtown San Diego.

CBP officers had ordered the rig to the port's dock for an agricultural inspection about 6:30 p.m. after the truck entered the U.S. from Mexico.
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