CBP finds 7 tonnes of marijuana in furniture truck at Otay Mesa
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility found 587 packages of marijuana weighing 14,219 pounds in a tractor-trailer that had declared a load of furniture on 28 April 2016. The 47-year-old Mexican driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.
🇺🇸 Otay Mesa cargo facility, San Diego · California, United States
On 28 April 2016, at about 9:40 a.m., a 47-year-old Mexican citizen drove a 1994 Freightliner tractor-trailer into the Otay Mesa cargo facility, declaring a shipment of furniture from Tijuana.[1][2]Officers referred the truck for closer inspection and ran it through the port’s imaging system, which showed anomalies in the load.[1][2]
587 packages in boxes
Officers opened the trailer and found boxes stacked throughout, each holding large wrapped packages that field-tested positive for marijuana.[1][2]In total they extracted 587 packages weighing 14,219 pounds (about 6.4 tonnes), which the agency valued at $7.1 million on the street.[1][2]The truck and trailer were seized.[2]
Driver handed over
The driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigations agents for further processing.[1][2]The seizure was described as unusually large, though smaller than the record 17-tonne seizure of 2013 and a near-record 16-tonne seizure of 2015 at Southern California crossings.[2]
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A large wrapped package of the seized marijuana in a boxPhoto details
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