14 DAY TRIAL // A resident of Mexico, working in the United States, has carried a large quantity of pot across the border without her knowledge.
According to the San Diego police department, the narcotics unit uncovered some 30 Pounds (13.6 Kg) of marijuana in 6 brown packages, attached to the undercarriage of her car. You can see a photo of one of the packages, as relayed by NBC News San Diego, to the left.
The load was attached to the undercarriage of the vehicle through the use of industrial magnets, the police report details.
The owner of the car, whose name has not been disclosed to the press, had no knowledge of the fact that she was transporting drugs.
The 33-year-old woman arrived in the United States by crossing the border at 3 a.m., on Friday, April 21.
She arrived at her workplace one hour later and stationed the vehicle, without getting out right away.
She then noticed two men checking the undercarriage of the car, at which point she exited and scared them off.
The suspects used a black sedan to leave the scene and left the pot behind. It wasn't until the owner called police to inspect the scene that she realized that she had been unwittingly working as a drug mule.
In March, police found a large stash of pot, worth roughly $4 million (€3.09 million), on a beach in in Santa Barbara County, California.
2,000 pounds (910 kg) of marijuana were recovered near a Panga boat on the Arroyo Quemada Beach.
“Sheriff's detectives located a significant amount of evidence that was consistent with marijuana smuggling activities, including trash and debris that was strewn about the beach and nearby coastal access trails,” the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department noted in a statement at the time.