Mexican authorities confiscate 41 tonnes of marijuana

Mexican authorities confiscated 41.6 tonnes of marijuana Saturday on the outskirts of Tijuana a major transit point for the US market.

The marijuana was wrapped in individual bundles marked with different symbols.

Gabriel Garcia, a General from the operation said "we are considering that these drugs were destined for different markets depending on the symbol that each bundle has."

"We believe that these drugs that these drugs normally comes from Sinaloa which is a state where criminals produce marijuana."

The stash was found in a home where a man and a women were living with their three young children.

The confiscated 41.6 tonnes of marijuana is thought to be worth $44million and will be destroyed by authorities.

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