Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas found more than one kind of a leafy product when 766 pounds of alleged marijuana were discovered within a shipment of fresh broccoli.
On March 22, CBP officers assigned to the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility encountered a tractor/trailer hauling a commercial shipment of fresh broccoli from Mexico. After referring the conveyance for secondary inspection and with the use of non-intrusive imaging technology along with a canine team, officers discovered a total of 661 packages of alleged marijuana comingled within the boxes of the produce.
CBP OFO seized the drugs, valued at approximately $153,000, along with the tractor/trailer and the case remains under investigation.