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.