Border Patrol agents near the port town Brownsville, Texas, apprehended a commercial shipment of coconuts that had been stuffed with 1,423 pounds of alleged marijuana, which would be valued at $285,000 on the street.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced late Thursday that agents at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility discovered the alleged marijuana inside a large shipment of fresh coconuts from Mexico on May 9.
“Our officers’ ability to use all available resources combined with their experience has resulted in numerous discoveries of illegal narcotics. We are keeping drugs off our streets, protecting our communities and our vigilance is continuous,” Port Director Efrain Solis Jr., Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzaludas Port of Entry, said in a press release.
Authorities had inspected a tractor trailer carrying the coconuts from Mexico. Further probing of the coconuts by a non-intrusive imaging inspection and a K-9 unit led to the discovery of 2,486 packages of alleged drugs inside the tropical fruit.
