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Pot hidden in shipment of bell peppers
NOGALES, Ariz., March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said authorities arrested a 35-year-old Mexican man accused of hiding more than a ton of marijuana among bell peppers.
Customs officials said the man's tractor trailer was pulled over for inspection Tuesday at the Nogales Commercial Facility after crossing the border into Arizona when a drug-sniffing dog detected the presence of contraband, KVOA-TV, Tucson, Ariz., reported Thursday.
Investigators discovered 280 packages of marijuana, together weighing more than a ton, worth an estimated $1,068,000, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, reported. The drugs were hidden inside a shipment of bell peppers.
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/03/14/Pot-hidden-in-shipment-of-bell-peppers/UPI-53591363297912/?spt=hs&or=on
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Pot hidden in shipment of bell peppers worth $1 million (Original Post)
Initech
Mar 2013
OP
You have to admit "$1 Million Bell Pepper" would make a great Jimmy Buffet song.
Initech
Mar 2013
#4
Agreed. And I'd much rather have a car that smelled like weed, than like bell peppers.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2013
#5
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)1. That's not, actually, that weird. No offense.
What's weird to me is that our tax dollars are still going to keep people from smoking pot.
Or maybe that anyone still smokes Mex Weed.
Initech
(100,100 posts)4. You have to admit "$1 Million Bell Pepper" would make a great Jimmy Buffet song.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)5. Agreed. And I'd much rather have a car that smelled like weed, than like bell peppers.
I delivered pizzas back in the day, and peppers were the worst.
Although come to think of it, that car may very well have smelled like weed, too. I don't know why, of course.
Betsy Ross
(3,147 posts)2. Hope those weren't the organic peppers I buy from Mexico. nt
Kali
(55,019 posts)3. !!! dammit!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. your guests can't seem to get enough of them.
Initech
(100,100 posts)7. Gee I wonder what the magic ingredient was!
Viva_La_Revolution
(28,791 posts)8. now that's FUNNY! nt