$20 Million In Cocaine Found Beneath Floorboards Of Truck Trailer At California Border

$20 Million In Cocaine Found Beneath Floorboards Of Truck Trailer At California Border By Phil Brink of FreightWaves, Federal officers uncovered more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine concealed beneath floorboards on a commercial truck’s attached flatbed trailer. The truck arrived at California’s Calexico Port of Entry. Authorities estimated the recovered narcotics were worth more than $20 million. The shipment also included 269 bundles of rebar. The driver, Jose Manuel Lopez Lopez, was the truck’s only occupant, according to federal prosecutors. Lopez, 44, entered the United States from Mexicali, Mexico. Officers arrested him...