Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico circus truck caught with 4 tonnes of pot

Call it a big pot seizure at the big top: Mexican authorities found four tonnes of marijuana hidden under a circus truck.

Federal police discovered the drugs during a routine traffic stop on a road in the northern state of Sonora, which borders the United States, the national security commission said in a statement on Tuesday.

After smelling a strong odor of marijuana, the officers found the drug hidden in a secret compartment attached to the underside of a cage-like trailer carrying two motorcycles, the statement said.

Police found 389 aluminum and plastic bags of marijuana and released a . . .

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