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CBP Discovers Marijuana Load Worth $716,000 Inside Commercial Shipment

CBP officers at the El Paso, Texas Port of Entry discovered and seized 895 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated street value of $716,000, from a tractor trailer at the Ysleta commercial crossing from Mexico on May 22, said CBP…

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in a press release. CBP found the drugs among 14 sacks of marble powder calcium carbonate while examining the vehicle and scanning it with an X-ray system, which identified “a number of anomalies in the shipment,” the agency said. The investigation is ongoing and no arrests have yet been made, said CBP.