CBP Agents Find Over $3 Million Worth of Cocaine Hidden in a Shipment of Limes
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers (CBP) at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility found over $3 million worth of cocaine hidden in a shipment of limes on Thursday.
Otay Mesa is in the southern portion of San Diego, just north of the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
According to a CBP press release, “At approximately 11:22 a.m., CBP officers encountered a 42-year-old man driving a commercial tractor-trailer with a shipment manifested as Persian limes. The driver, a valid border crossing card holder, was referred for further examination by CBP officers along with the tractor-trailer and shipment.”
In the secondary inspection area, a K-9 unit alerted officers, prompting them to examine the shipment more closely.
