Two Florida men were arrested in Elk Grove Village this week with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana concealed in a shipment of carrots.
Abraham Garcia-Acosta, 44, of Loxahatchee, Fla., and Diego Diaz-Perez, 49, of West Palm Beach, Fla., were charged with possession of cannabis with intent to deliver. Bond was set at $50,000.
A Cook County Sheriff's narcotics unit investigated Garcia-Acosta and Diaz-Perez based on a tip and followed them to two different Elk Grove Village hotels.
Police pulled over their truck for a traffic violation on Monday and found 80 plastic-wrapped bundles of marijuana. The drugs, valued at approximately $5,325,000, were concealed in a load of carrots in the truck's trailer.
The men are due in Chicago court on April 8.
