614 pounds of marijuana found at Port of Philadelphia

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Homeland security investigators found 614 pounds of marijuana at the Port of Philadelphia.

Agents found it hidden in a shipping container on March 7 thanks to a narcotics detection dog.
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The container arriving from Puerto Rico was filled with rice and more than 250 bricks of marijuana.

It was all being sent to an address in North Jersey.
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Officials say the drugs have a street value of $2.5 million.

The marijuana will be destroyed and the investigation is ongoing.
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