2,500 lbs. of pot hidden in fake carrots

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Thursday, January 14, 2016
VIDEO: 2,500 lbs. of pot hidden in fake carrots
U.S. Border Patrol officers busted an unusual drug-smuggling operation in Texas.

U.S. Border Patrol officers busted an unusual drug-smuggling operation in Texas.

Photos show what may look like a batch of fresh carrots, but officials say it's actually 2,500 pounds of marijuana.

The smugglers hid 3,000 orange carrot-shaped packages in a huge shipment of real vegetables.

The drugs have a street value of nearly half a million dollars.