The US Drug Enforcement Administration found more than 2,500 pounds of methamphetamines at a farmers market outside of Atlanta hidden in celery last week.
The seizure of the narcotics, which had a value of around $3.2 million, came last Thursday, according to a statement from the DEA shared with USA Today.
WAGA-TV reports that DEA agents confiscated the drugs while they were being delivered to the Atlanta State Farmers Market in Forest Park, Georgia.
The agency is calling the seizure one of the largest of its kind, noting that the drugs were tracked in a semi-trailer that came across the Mexican border and ended up at the farmer’s market, DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy shared at a news conference on Monday.
“This is a significant and unbelievable amount of drugs to be shipped at one time and to a destination this far from the border,” Murphy said in the statement to USA Today. “It also shows the confidence of the cartel behind this.”
The drugs were found inside the truck, Murphy added.
“This was contained in a cover load of celery,” Murphy said. “It was hiding in the celery. Obviously, we threw away the celery. That didn’t make it to the store.”
The media outlet reported that a Mexican citizen was arrested during the seizure of the drugs.
Details about the suspect and what charges they face have not yet been shared.