U.S. Customs seizes 6,310 pounds of marijuana from Panama-flagged cargo ship at Miami
U.S. Customs agents found 6,310 pounds (about 2.86 tonnes) of marijuana in 111 plastic bags inside a cargo container on a Panama-flagged ship at the Port of Miami late on 3 July 2001. The vessel had called at Colón, Panama, after Jamaica; no one was charged.
U.S. Customs agents seized6,310 pounds (2,860 kg) of marijuana from a Panama-flagged cargo ship
entering the Port of Miami, agency officials said on 6 July 2001.[1]Federal agents found the
drug late on Tuesday 3 July in 111 white plastic bags stacked at the rear of a container that was
carrying medical supplies and machinery.[1]
Customs said the marijuana was worth about $6 million at wholesale prices.[1]The vessel had
stopped in Jamaica before sailing to Miami from Colón, Panama.[1]No one was charged in connection
with the seizure, which the spokeswoman said was the agency’s largest at the seaport so far that
year.[1]
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