CBP Seizes $2.5 Million Worth of Marijuana in Watermelon Shipment

CBP seized nearly 5,000 pounds of marijuana June 16, worth nearly $2.5 million, hidden in a shipment of watermelons, the agency said in a press release. Officers at the Mariposa Cargo facility in Arizona referred a 26-year-old male Mexican national for a secondary inspection of his tractor-trailer load of melons, said CBP. A physical inspection of the shipment revealed 674 bundles of marijuana weighing almost 5,000 pounds, co-mingled with the shipment. The marijuana had been disguised as melons and was verified by a CBP narcotics detection canine. The tractor-trailer, drugs, and produce were processed for seizure. The driver was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.