$2.3 million worth of marijuana found in shipment of jalapeños at Southern California port
Officials say they seized $2.3 million worth of marijuana mixed in with a shipment of jalapeño peppers at a Southern California port. A Customs and Border Protection K-9 unit alerted officers to a shipment of peppers Thursday at the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego.
A CBP news release said officers discovered more than 7,500 pounds — nearly 4 tons — of marijuana in the peppers' pallets.
The release mentioned CBP found a "37-year-old male Mexican citizen entered the port of entry driving a tractor pulling a trailer with cargo manifested as jalapeño peppers."
Read more at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drug-bust-marijuana-jalapeno-peppers-shipment-san-diego-otay-mesa-cargo-facility-2019-08-18/
2nd large seizure in a few days from that area. The other one was in plastic auto parts. It may have been pot; what is amazing is how huge these seizures are. 4 tons.
