227 Pounds of Pot found inside autoracks from Mexico

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227 Pounds of Pot found inside autoracks from Mexico

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Woodhaven — U.S. Federal authorities have recovered a stash of drugs found in a shipment of Ford vehicles from Mexico for the second time this month.

Ford employees turned over 277 pounds of marijuana found in a shipment of vehicles to federal authorities Wednesday, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The drugs were concealed inside rail cars holding new Ford Motor Co. and Lincoln vehicles, which had recently come from Mexico.

The rest of the article from the Detroit News here:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l ... 104046708/

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