CBP Finds Over a Ton of Marijuana in Shipment of Hot Sauce
On September 9, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa cargo facility discovered about 2,330 pounds of marijuana in a shipment of hot sauce. A Mexican citizen driving a 1991 Freightliner tractor pulling a trailer with…
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cargo manifested as hot sauce entered the cargo port. Officers discovered 123 wrapped packages of marijuana with a street value of $1.4 million. CBP seized the marijuana, tractor, and trailer.