Huge marijuana bust at California border crossing nets 15 tons

The truck carrying the weed crossed into California from Mexico at Otay Mesa. The shipment was labeled as “mattresses and cushions.” A Customs and Border Police officer had the cargo bay X-rayed, and the objects inside didn’t look right, the CBP said in a statement.

An officer flapped open the cargo doors to see weed wrapped into plastic packages, stacked from floor to ceiling — 1,296 in all. Together they weighed in at 31,598 pounds and had an estimated street value of $18.96 million.

CNN