CBP finds 3,498 lb of marijuana hidden in plastic pallets at Calexico East
CBP officers at the Calexico East cargo facility found 3,498 pounds of marijuana hidden inside hollowed-out plastic pallets on 13 November 2013, worth about $1.5 million. The 43-year-old Mexican driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations, and officers seized the drugs and the tractor-trailer.
🇺🇸 Calexico East cargo facility, Calexico, California · California, United States
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Calexico East cargo facility
intercepted almost two tons of marijuana concealed inside a shipment of
plastic pallets on 13 November 2013.[1]Officers stopped a 2011 Peterbilt
tractor-trailer carrying a manifested shipment of plastic pallets at about
7:40 p.m., and imaging anomalies plus a detector-dog alert led them to 240
wrapped packages of marijuana hidden inside hollowed-out pallets.[1]
Officers seized a total of 3,498 pounds (about 1,587 kg) of marijuana with an
estimated street value of $1.5 million.[1]The driver, a 43-year-old Mexican
citizen living in Mexicali, Baja California, was turned over to Homeland
Security Investigations agents for further processing, and CBP seized the
narcotics and the conveyance.[1]
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