Load of cocaine seized at port

Published April 20, 2007 4:00am ET



More than 300 pounds of cocaine ? worth about $3 million ? was seized at the Port of Baltimore on Monday by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team Unit.

The 125 bricks of cocaine were hidden inside three duffel bags that were among a shipment of 1,080 cartons of plantains, officials said.

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