TAYLOR —— Police, in conjunction with the FBI, recovered more than a ton of marijuana masked in a large shipment of rotting onions and cabbage.
Police Chief Dale Tamsen said a man and two women were arrested.
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said Friday that charges are pending.
Monday morning, police inspected a semitruck that was parked near Ecorse Road and Holland, just east of I-94, through a drug investigation with the FBI's Detroit office.
Police Lt. John Blair said the produce was rotted, which was an indication of suspicious activity.
Xanto, a police dog, indicated that there was a presence of drugs, and Blair said that gave police a probable cause to search the truck.
Pallets of the produce were taken off the truck and again sniffed by Xanto. The dog indicated drugs in the onions, so police began searching.
Inside 12 huge pallets of onions, police found 180 various-sized bundles.
Blair said police initially did not know how much marijuana was packed in the center of the pallets.
"You don't know what you're going to find," he said.
But police just kept taking out bundle after bundle, ultimately equaling 2,120 pounds.
About one pound of marijuana has a $1,000 street value, so police expected the haul to equal about $2 million.
Blair said in his more than 18 years with the department, he has never seen a recovery of this size.
He said the marijuana will be shredded.
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Police Chief Dale Tamsen said a man and two women were arrested.
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said Friday that charges are pending.
Monday morning, police inspected a semitruck that was parked near Ecorse Road and Holland, just east of I-94, through a drug investigation with the FBI's Detroit office.
Police Lt. John Blair said the produce was rotted, which was an indication of suspicious activity.
Xanto, a police dog, indicated that there was a presence of drugs, and Blair said that gave police a probable cause to search the truck.
Pallets of the produce were taken off the truck and again sniffed by Xanto. The dog indicated drugs in the onions, so police began searching.
Inside 12 huge pallets of onions, police found 180 various-sized bundles.
Blair said police initially did not know how much marijuana was packed in the center of the pallets.
"You don't know what you're going to find," he said.
But police just kept taking out bundle after bundle, ultimately equaling 2,120 pounds.
About one pound of marijuana has a $1,000 street value, so police expected the haul to equal about $2 million.
Blair said in his more than 18 years with the department, he has never seen a recovery of this size.
He said the marijuana will be shredded.
News Hawk- Weedpipe 420 MAGAZINE ® - Medical Marijuana Publication & Social Networking
Source: The News Herald
Author: Angie Favot
Contact: The News Herald: Southgate, MI
Copyright: 2009 News Herald
Website:The News Herald: Breaking news coverage for Southgate, MI
