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Gravestone filled with cannabis detected in Mexico

Trained dogs found the hidden drugs.

There were 48 pounds of cannabis tucked inside. (Photo: SPECIAL)
30/10/2015 |15:21Marcos Muedano |
Redacción El Universal
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Federal Police officers attached at the International Airport of Mexico City seized a tombstone with more than 48 pounds of cannabis which was to be sent to the United States.

With the help of dogs, the package was detected in the cargo area of a courier company, in a box from the city of Zapopan, Jalisco.

The box contained a tombstone with the following inscription in English: "In loving memory P. H. To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die," with a person's dates of birth and death.

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Inside the tombstone, the officer found a black plastic package with more than 48 pounds of the drug.