‘Cocaine of the Sea’ Worth $2.7M Seized in Arizona

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Arizona have seized a haul of endangered fish organs worth $2.7 million after they were found hidden in a commercial shipment of frozen fish fillets. Following DNA testing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it became clear that the swim bladders belonged to an endangered fish species, Totoaba macdonaldi. “This seizure is thought to be the second-largest seizure of its kind in the U.S. and the largest Totoaba seizure in Arizona, to date,” the CBP said in a press release on Monday. The 270 totoaba swim bladders, weighing more than 240 pounds,…