Thread: Border inspection at Nogales nets more than 2 tons of pot

Border inspection at Nogales nets more than 2 tons of pot
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 06.17.2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have scheduled a press conference this morning to discuss the seizure of more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of watermelons at the Nogales Port of Entry.
Details surrounding the seizure were unavailable early Tuesday.

Illegal aliens and tons of drugs are being shipped into the United States hidden in trucks containing Mexican produce--watermelons, bell peppers, avacadoes, to name a few.

Free trade = means of drug/illegal alien smuggling.
NAFTA = SHAFTA to the people of the United States.


This means there is a conspiracy between:
Mexican farmers/growers/marketers
Mexican trucking companies
Mexican drug cartels
Mexican human smugglers
U.S. importers of the produce

Don't tell me it would be difficult to determine who the co-conspiracy subjects are.

Who owned the truck?
Where was it loaded and with whose produce?
What was it's destination?
Was the truck part of Bush's pilot truck program?

NO MORE MEXICAN TRUCKS, SUV'S, VANS, TRAILERS, BUSES, and PICK-UPS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE BORDER!

Tons of pot found hidden amid watermelons in AZ






NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) -- Authorities found more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana hidden among watermelons in a tractor-trailer that was trying to cross into Arizona from Mexico.

Officials say the pot has an estimated value of $8.3 million.

Brian Levin, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Tuesday that officers at the port of entry in Nogales became suspicious of the vehicle Saturday and decided to conduct a thorough search.

In all, officers found 200 bundles of marijuana stashed under watermelons.

The driver was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

It was the second-largest marijuana seizure in Nogales. The largest was last June when officers found more than 6,000 pounds of pot hidden with a load of tomatoes.

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