BUSTED! CBP agents discovered $2.7 million worth of illegal fish bladders at Arizona's southern border. 270 swim bladders of the endangered totoaba fish were concealed in commercial shipment of frozen fish fillets.
NOGALES, AZ — Authorities seized more than 240 pounds of illegal fish bladders at the Port of Nogales in southern Arizona.
The bladders were reportedly concealed within a commercial shipment of frozen fish fillets. The CPB officers contacted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who took possession of the bladders. This seizure is believed to be the second-largest of its kind in the U.S. and the largest totoaba seizure in Arizona.
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