Discovered more than 140 pounds of cocaine concealed inside concrete decorative pedestals being shipped from Mexico

Discovered more than 140 pounds of cocaine concealed inside concrete decorative pedestals being shipped from Mexico through the Port of Los Angeles to Australia, Schoch said. BEST officers alerted Australia's Federal Police and that country's Customs Service, which assisted in the investigation that led to the arrest of three Mexican nationals who were charged with drug trafficking."They packed 64 kilos inside the pedestals, then poured concrete around them," Schoch said. "The pedestals were packed inside one of thousands of shipping containers on a vessel."In a separate case, officers intercepted two caches of weapons that investigators determined were bound for Mexico. They included a grenade launcher, numerous semiautomatic AR-15s, a sawed-off rifle, bulletproof vests and a silencer that authorities said were destined for drug cartels in Mexico.