Blimey
When a “produce truck” came across the border from Mexico into Pharr, Texas, carrying 34,764 limes, the produce didn’t quite look right to “imaging systems” Customs agents used to check the cargo. They didn’t smell right to drug-sniffing dogs, either: the limes were fake, and hid 3,947 pounds of marijuana, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection valued at “approximately” $789,467. Last year at the same border crossing, Customs agents intercepted 2,493 pounds of marijuana hidden in fake carrots. (RC/CNN) ...At $12.50/ounce, Mexico clearly isn’t sending up their best weed anymore.Original Publication Date: 19 February 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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