4,344 pounds of marijuana found in yam shipment at Port of Miami
U.S. Customs inspectors found 4,344 pounds (1,970 kg) of marijuana bricks hidden in boxes of yams aboard the container ship Seaboard Express at the Port of Miami on 28 February 2002. A drug-sniffing dog alerted officers as the shipment came off the ship from Kingston, Jamaica; the load was valued at more than $4 million wholesale.
U.S. Customs inspectors seized4,344 pounds (1,970 kg) of marijuana hidden in a container
of yams aboard the container ship Seaboard Express at the Port of Miami on 28 February
2002.[1][2]A drug-sniffing dog alerted inspectors as the shipment was being taken off the
ship, which had arrived that day from Kingston, Jamaica.[1][2]
More than 100 yam boxes held plastic-and-tape-wrapped bricks of marijuana, agents
said.[1]The load was valued at more than $4 million wholesale.[1][2]The Reuters account
names no arrests.[1]
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The Reuters account names no arrests, consignees or charges; no later outcome was found.
A U.S. Customs photograph of the seized bricks is catalogued by Getty Images, but its full-resolution file could not be verified for cover use, so no photo is published with this report.
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