CBP finds 'reefer truck' full of marijuana
By Lynn Brezosky - Express-NewsBROWNSVILLE — Customs officers in Pharr seized more than a ton of marijuana from a “utility reefer trailer” in the cargo lot of an international bridge, Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday.
The seizure occurred Friday, after officers at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge referred a refrigerated (“reefer” in CBP parlance) tractor-trailer for further inspection.
Officers found 423 packages of alleged marijuana with a total weight of 2,465 pounds.
