CBP Officials Bust Pair Trying To Smuggle ‘Pot Sofa’

EL PASO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers make an unusual pot bust in the form of a sofa.

According to CBP officials, officers performing anti-terror inspections at the Paso Del Norte border crossing seized 513 pounds of marijuana found hidden in a sofa.

The seizure was made at about 1pm Fridaywhen a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup with a load of furniture in the bed entered the port from Mexico.

A CBP officer at the primary inspection booth directed the driver to the secondary inspection area where CBP drug sniffing dog “Lady” alerted to the furniture.

CBP officers cut open one sofa and located numerous tape-wrapped bundles inside. The contents of the bundles tested positive for marijuana. CBP officers removed a total of 460 marijuana-filled bundles from the furniture.

A brother and sister from Mexico were taken into custody as a result of the failed smuggling attempt.