Almost 4 tons of marijuana found in jalapeño shipment at Otay Mesa
CBP officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego seized 7,560 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of jalapeño peppers on 15 August 2019. The 314 packages were valued at about $2.3 million; no arrests were reported.
🇺🇸 Otay Mesa cargo facility, San Diego · California, United States
CBP officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego seized almost four tons of marijuana concealed in a shipment of jalapeño peppers on 15 August 2019, in a load valued at about $2.3 million.[1][2]Officers stopped the truck on the Thursday evening, a canine team alerted to the palletised peppers, and a search found a leafy-green substance that field-tested positive for marijuana.[1][2]
Officers pulled 314 large wrapped packages of marijuana, weighing 7,560 pounds (about 3.43 tonnes), from among the red and green peppers.[1][2]CBP seized the truck and the drugs; Otay Mesa Port Director Rosa Hernandez said the seizure kept millions of dollars from a transnational criminal organisation.[1][2]
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Wrapped packages of marijuana amid jalapeño peppers at the Otay Mesa cargo facilityPhoto details
The reports name no arrest or charge from this seizure, though officers stopped a 37-year-old Mexican man driving the truck.
A second seizure of 10,642 pounds of marijuana in a shipment of plastic auto parts at the same facility two days earlier is a separate event left out here.
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