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CDMX authorities arrest 4 after discovering nearly US $1M in marijuana hidden in egg cartons

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Mexico City police chief Pablo Vázquez said the estimated value of the drugs was 15 million pesos (US $862,400). (Unsplash)

Four people were arrested in Mexico City after more than one tonne of marijuana was found hidden in egg cartons.

The bust occurred after a cargo truck operating without license plates was stopped by police in the Álvaro Obregón borough in western Mexico City over the weekend.

The arrests were announced on Monday by Mexico City police chief Pablo Vázquez who said the estimated value of the drugs was 15 million pesos (US $862,400).

Vázquez attributed the discovery of the pot to “Samuel,” a drug-sniffing dog. Alerted by security personnel in the Lomas de Plateros neighborhood that a cargo vehicle without the appropriate tags or registration stickers was circulating in the borough, police officers informed federal agencies that it was about to stop a suspicious truck for an inspection.

Agents from the federal Security Ministry and the Mexico City police were in charge of the seizure in coordination with the Defense Ministry, the Navy Ministry, the National Guard and the Federal Attorney General’s Office.

A canine unit was summoned to the scene and shortly thereafter, the marijuana was located. Thanks to Samuel, police found 1,278 kilograms of marijuana hidden inside at least 80 boxes of egg cartons. 

The driver and his three companions were placed in custody, read their rights and handed over to prosecutors for processing. Media reports identified the four culprits as members of a gang linked to Los Malcriados 3AD, a criminal organization known to operate in western Mexico City, primarily involved in kidnappings and extortion.  

According to official estimates, this seizure prevented the distribution of more than 430,000 doses on the illegal market.

With reports from El Financiero, Infobae and LopezDoriga.com

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