Border Patrol confiscates over 6,000 pounds of marijuana
Border authorities reported Sunday that they found and confiscated over 6,000 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $5.9 million and took a truck driver into custody when they discovered the drugs hidden in a boxes filled with door knobs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers took away the drugs around 7 p.m. Friday at the Calexico Port of Entry’s secondary cargo inspection area.
A group of dogs signaled to officers showing that there could possibly be drugs within the 1998 trailer. Officers searched the trailer to discover 458 wrapped packages of marijuana hidden in 67 cardboard boxes.
The driver, said to be a Mexicali male in his 30’s, was taken into custody and handed over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for them to interrogate him about the situation.
