Vegetable Shipments Harbor Nearly $2 Million In Drugs

Posted by Rosemary Gordon|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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Tom says:

December 7, 2015 at 11:47 am

2 mil in drugs found on produce truck,,that is the cost of doing business for drug dealers out of Mexico,they have 1000’s of other trucks to put plenty more on and they do. The American Government is deaf,dumb and blind on drugs crossing from Mexico on produce trucks.

Mark says:

December 12, 2015 at 9:47 am

you think anybody ever understood how well funded the Northern Mexican growers were…. It’s been a front for drug movement for 20 plus years

Ron says:

December 10, 2015 at 11:57 am

Smuggling contraband from Mexico into the U.S. is nothing new, it has been occurring since Texas won it’s independence. At least they are stopping some of the drug flow into the U.S.