Pubdate: Sat, 15 Jul 2017
Source: Columbus Dispatch (OH)
Copyright: 2017 The Columbus Dispatch
Contact:  http://www.dispatch.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/93

POLICE FIND 400 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN CARS MADE IN MEXICO

WARREN, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say more than 400 pounds (181
kilograms) of marijuana has been found in 15 new cars made in Mexico
and shipped to Ohio and Pennsylvania to sell.

A drug task force in Ohio's Portage County was called to a Ford
dealership this week after a service department employee found a
package of pressed marijuana in a spare tire compartment during a
vehicle inspection.

Investigators then went to a rail yard near Warren and found more
packages in the trunks of Ford Fusions pressed into the shape of a
spare tire. Additional packages were found at other northeast Ohio
dealerships and one in Pennsylvania.

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent tells The Vindicator that
marijuana was found in April in new cars shipped from Mexico to Minnesota.

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