Illegal drugs were seized taking after an inspection of a tractor-trailer that was carrying the vegetable. The authorities utilized imagery innovation and canines to finish up their raid. The market estimation of seized marijuana is near $153,000. Further investigations recommends that the marijuana dealers had packed the vegetable with the drug covered up inside to get away from the Customs' scanner.
The incident occurred at the Pharr International Bridge freight office, where CBP officers saw a tractor pulling the vegetable shipment from Mexico and referred it for the second inspection according to MM Jobserver.
Efrain Solis Jr., port director of the Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas port of entry, stated, "I commend our frontline officers at our cargo facility for their dedication and commitment towards the CBP mission of helping keep drugs from crossing our border. Our ability to analyze all the information presented with commercial importations in conjunction with officer experience, is the basis for accomplishing these types of interceptions."
This is not the first run through when smugglers have attempted to hide the pot inside vegetables. A similar attempt was made in January, when a large number of pounds of marijuana were kept covered up under carrots. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Force had blocked 2,493 pounds of pot, believed to be worth $499,000. The authorities had noticed that the dealers had packed marijuana into almost 2,817 carrot-molded packages according to The Daily Meal.
This shipment too had originated from Mexico and the disclosure came into light using secondary review, which included sniffer dogs. The smugglers figured out how to stuff pot into orange carrot-liked bundles, which were covered up into actual packs of carrots in an offer to get away from the inspection. The authority acknowledges that the dealers have turned out to be extremely inventive about the way they attempt to smuggle weed into the U.S. Therefore, it involves a greater obligation on the part of Customs authorities to capture such conceivable outcomes and catch them on time.
