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Huge marijuana bust at California border crossing nets 15 tons

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 03/02/2015 - 01:11

Story highlights

  • At a border crossing, and officer stopped a truck with a shipment labeled as mattresses
  • The officer had the truck X-rayed, and things inside looked odd

Federal police in California did so last week, and found 15 tons of marijuana, and made the second largest weed bust in history at a U.S. border crossing.

The truck carrying the weed crossed into California from Mexico at Otay Mesa. The shipment was labeled as "mattresses and cushions." A Customs and Border Police officer had the cargo bay X-rayed, and the objects inside didn't look right, the CBP said in a statement.

An officer flapped open the cargo doors to see weed wrapped into plastic packages, stacked from floor to ceiling -- 1,296 in all. Together they weighed in at 31,598 pounds and had an estimated street value of $18.96...

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