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U.S. Customs and Border Protection

AZFamily, AZ

Officers searching the vehicle and its contents noticed discrepancies with two ladders on top of the van and when they took the ladders down and inspected them, discovered 74 packages of marijuana hidden inside the sides of the ladders. The officers seized more than 211 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of $343,000.

In another incident that happened early Sunday afternoon, August 17, CBP officers arrested a 33-year-old man from Mexico after discovering 76 pounds of marijuana hidden inside the gas tank of the 1989 GMC truck he was driving.

The drivers in both incidents were arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation.

Both incidents resulted in the combined seizure of 287 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of almost $500,000.