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$500K worth of pot found in fake carrots (VIDEO)

Altogether, there were about 3,000 fake carrots mixed in with a commercial shipment of real carrots coming out of Mexico.

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Feds find 2,600-foot drug smuggling tunnel through US border, 12 tons of pot

The tunnel, which is the length of eight football fields, has been under watch by authorities since May and no drugs are believed to have made it through.

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$9K worth of pot falls from the sky, crashes through carport

Nogales Police Chief Derek Arnson said ultralights fly past the border, drop drugs and fly back without landing. Only this time they missed the mark.

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Are Mexican drug cartels recruiting U.S. soldiers as hit men? (VIDEO)

“There has been a persistent gang problem in the military for the past six to eight years,” vice president for STRATFOR Global Intelligence Fred Burton said. The FBI National Gang Intelligence Center reported that as of April 2011they had identified at least 53 gang members who have either served in or are some other way affiliated with the U.S. military.

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Coast Guard shoots out motor on a speed boat… carrying $35 million worth of cocaine (VIDEO)

“This is a big seizure, this is 2,300 pounds of cocaine that will not make it to America,” said Lieutenant Commander Gabe Somma with the U.S. Coast Guard 7th District.

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