$ 18 million worth of cocaine found in bananas donated to Texas jail, report says

SALT LAKE CITY- C & # 39; was a gift that turned out to be absolutely bananas.

On Friday, two sergeants from the Texas Criminal Justice Department found nearly $ 18 million worth of cocaine while unloading two pallets containing 45 boxes of bananas, which were handed over to Wayne Scott's unit in Brazoria County. page.

"One of the boxes was different from the others. They cut the suspenders, released the box and opened it, "said the TDCJ in a statement on his Facebook page:" Inside, under a pack of bananas, he found another package! Inside of that? What appeared to be a white powdery substance.

In total, the TDCJ stated that the cargo contained "an estimated market value of $ 17,820,000".

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According to CNN, the sergeants discovered 540 packages inside the shipment. US Customs and Border Protection officials have finally confirmed that the "white powdery substance" contained in bananas was actually cocaine.

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The donation comes from the Port of America in Freeport, Texas, according to USA Today.

The ripe bananas had been given because they had arrived at the port but had never been claimed.

CNN said the department does not know exactly where cocaine was coming from and also does not know when it went into the banana shipment.

Authorities in several departments are investigating.

In 2017, two tons of marijuana were disguised as lime in a cargo that crossed the border between the United States and Mexico, according to CNN. These drugs were estimated at $ 789,467.