More than 1,650 pounds of pot were seized on the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said the massive amount of marijuana was found in shipments of Canadian bulk mail in Port Huron during truck inspections over the past five weeks. U.S. Customs said the first seizure took place on August 28 when officers directed a tractor trailer carrying Canadian bulk mail to secondary inspection. A dog alerted officers to multiple packages of weed in the shipment. More pot was intercepted and recovered over the next 10 days.
U.S. Customs said, in all, 77 concealed packages of marijuana weighing over 1,600 pounds were found and taken off the streets.
More than 1650 lbs of pot have been seized on the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge. Oct 2, 2018. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
“This is outstanding work by the officers here in Port Huron,” said Area Port Director Michael Fox. “Using the mail system to ship illegal drugs is nothing new to CBP. We will continue to thwart all attempts to smuggle illegal drugs through the mail system.”
U.S. Customs said the marijuana seized by officers will be destroyed at a later date.
The drivers, who were all Canadian citizens, were released along with their trucks.
