The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said federal officials and US Customs and Border Protection are investigatingNearly $18m in cocaine found in boxes of bananas donated to Texas prisonAuthorities in Texas said bananas donated to a prison in the state turned out to have nearly $18m worth of cocaine hidden inside their boxes. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (DCJ) outlined the find in a surprisingly jaunty Facebook post which began: “Sometimes, life gives you lemons. Sometimes, it gives you bananas. They immediately notified port authorities and awaited their instruction.”The pallets turned out to contain “quite the cache”, the DCJ said: 540 packages of cocaine in 45 boxes of bananas, “with an estimated street value of $17,820,000” . The DCJ said federal officials and US Customs and Border Protection were investigating.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2018 18:11 UTC