Police in Mexico found 660 pounds of fentanyl stuffed into coconuts and presumably headed to the US, authorities said. tyPdkCs1
Authorities believe that the coconuts filled with drugs were headed to the U.S.
Agents wearing gloves could be seen in a video opening the coconuts to reveal plastic bags filled with the deadly narcotic.The coconuts were discovered Thursday in a truck traveling on a highway in the northern border state of Sonora. The road goes to the town of Sonoyta which is across the border from Lukeville, Ariz.
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