Nogales officers seize 7,400 pounds of marijuana hidden in tomatoes
CBP officers at the Mariposa crossing seized nearly 7,400 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $3,699,000 from a tomato load on 22 January 2014, after a canine alert. The driver was arrested and referred to Homeland Security Investigations.
🇺🇸 Mariposa commercial facility, port of Nogales, Arizona · Arizona, United States
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa commercial facility seized nearly 7,400 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday 22 January 2014 from a tractor-trailer whose tomato load hid 315 bales of the drug.[1][2]A narcotics detection canine had alerted officers to the Freightliner rig, driven by Cuauhtemoc Lopez-Cabrera, 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and the agency valued the load at an estimated $3,699,000.[1][2]
Lopez-Cabrera was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, and the drugs and the tractor-trailer were seized.[1][2]“CBP officers in Nogales made use of several layers of enforcement to identify and locate the marijuana,” said Nogales Port Director Guadalupe Ramirez. “Experience and dedication of our personnel work as a containment net to prevent these drugs from entering our nation.”[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
A 70-year-old man was arrested and booked into jail after Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board officers and Snohomish County deputies searched a property near Monroe on 6 November 2026. Investigators seized approximately 2,700 live and dried marijuana plants from what they described as an unlicensed cannabis production operation.
HSI in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, said two go-fast vessels carrying about 3,200 kilograms of marijuana and 3,188 kilograms of cocaine were intercepted under Operation Iron Current, a case against a Colombia-based trafficking organization. ICE put the street value of the haul at more than $80.5 million.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized about $180,000 in undeclared cash and a variety of THC products from a U.S. traveller at the Gordie Howe International Bridge on Nov. 5, 2026. The traveller refused to explain the money's source, and HSI Detroit is investigating.
Indiana State Police seized nearly 1,000 grams of suspected marijuana alongside cocaine, fentanyl and guns in Operation Iron Scale raids on 3 November 2026 across Fort Wayne, Huntertown and Noblesville. Twelve people were arrested on felony conspiracy and narcotics-dealing charges, with no separate marijuana charges reported.
