Pot hidden in shipment of bell peppers worth $1 million

[Initech]

Pot hidden in shipment of bell peppers

NOGALES, Ariz., March 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said authorities arrested a 35-year-old Mexican man accused of hiding more than a ton of marijuana among bell peppers.

Customs officials said the man's tractor trailer was pulled over for inspection Tuesday at the Nogales Commercial Facility after crossing the border into Arizona when a drug-sniffing dog detected the presence of contraband, KVOA-TV, Tucson, Ariz., reported Thursday.

Investigators discovered 280 packages of marijuana, together weighing more than a ton, worth an estimated $1,068,000, KPHO-TV, Phoenix, reported. The drugs were hidden inside a shipment of bell peppers.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/03/14/Pot-hidden-in-shipment-of-bell-peppers/UPI-53591363297912/?spt=hs&or=on

[Warren DeMontague]

1. That's not, actually, that weird. No offense.

What's weird to me is that our tax dollars are still going to keep people from smoking pot.

Or maybe that anyone still smokes Mex Weed.

[Initech]

4. You have to admit "$1 Million Bell Pepper" would make a great Jimmy Buffet song.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Agreed. And I'd much rather have a car that smelled like weed, than like bell peppers.

I delivered pizzas back in the day, and peppers were the worst.

Although come to think of it, that car may very well have smelled like weed, too. I don't know why, of course.

[Betsy Ross]

2. Hope those weren't the organic peppers I buy from Mexico. nt

[Kali]

3. !!! dammit!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1157&pid=23589

[Warren DeMontague]

6. your guests can't seem to get enough of them.

[Initech]

7. Gee I wonder what the magic ingredient was!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. now that's FUNNY! nt