Vegetable Shipments Harbor Nearly $2 Million In Drugs
December 7, 2015 
A cocaine package is visible within a bag of carrots. CBP officers seized a total of 164 pounds of cocaine hidden in a carrot shipment at Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in Texas.
Photo courtesty of CBP
Nearly $2 million in drugs were seized in late November in South Texas. According to a Fox News article, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations seized the cocaine and marijuana from two separate produce shipments at the Pharr International Bridge in Pharr, TX.
The first seizure took place on Nov. 28 by the CBP at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility following a secondary inspection of a commercial shipment of fresh cucumbers. The CBP officers seized 6,709 small packages of alleged marijuana which weighed more than 2,600 pounds. The estimated street value was more than $525,000, the article states.
The second seizure occurred hours later at the same location after 64 packages of alleged cocaine were found hidden in fresh carrots. The officers reportedly seized nearly 164 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1,258,000.
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