PHARR, Texas (MEREDITH) — Just add limes to the list of fake fruits and vegetables criminals have used to smuggle drugs into the country. Border officials discovered 3,947 pounds of marijuana within a commercial shipment of key limes on Jan. 30, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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A semi-truck hauled the package over the Pharr International Bridge along the Texas-Mexico border. Officers used a canine team and a non-intrusive imagining system to locate the narcotics, officials said.
The seized drugs are valued at approximately $789, 467. But this isn’t the first time drug smugglers tried to disguise a load of pot as fake produce. Just one month ago, border officers found nearly 3,000 …