At the Mexican-American border in California, a truck containing 15 tons of weed was stopped and seized. This is the second largest bust to date in America. The first being 17.6 tons, which was also caught crossing into California from Mexico. The truck was passing through Monday night when it came to the U.S. Border Patrol. As usual, the truck was X-rayed and the patrol officer stated that the “objects inside didn’t look right” (CNN). Another officer opened the back doors to see bricks of weed wrapped in plastic stacked from floor to ceiling. In total, there was 1,296 weighing in at 31,598 pounds which has an “estimated street value of $18.96 million” (CNN).
I find this very stupid. I do not quite understand why someone would take the risk of hauling 15.8 tons of marijuana across the border. It is obvious that they are going to X-ray the cargo of the truck, especially when it says “mattresses and cushions” on it. The patrol officers would want to make sure that what the truck says the cargo is, is actually in the truck. In this case, there were a few mattresses at one end of the truck and the rest was weed. However, I would like to see the punishment that is given to the driver of the truck. Unfortunately, this article did not give that information. This is because this just happened 3 days ago, so it’ll take some time to try him/her.
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