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Mexican police seize over 600 pounds of fentanyl stuffed coconuts from truck near border

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A traffic stop by Mexico police led to the discovery of 660 pounds of fentanyl stuffed into coconuts.

The drug-filled coconuts were located Thursday in a truck traveling on a highway in the northern border state of Sonora. Authorities believe the truck was heading to the U.S.

Prosecutors said the vehicle was detected on a road that runs along the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez.

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The road eventually leads to the Mexican town of Sonoyta, which is located across the border from Lukeville, Ariz.

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Mexico’s attorney general released photographs showing a white box truck with a pile of coconuts sitting next to it.

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Agents wearing gloves were seen in a video opening the coconuts to reveal plastic bags filled with fentanyl.

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Two people were arrested in connection with the drug bust, according to authorities.

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Most of the fentanyl that makes it to the U.S. is produced in Mexico, using chemical precursors imported from China and elsewhere.

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