$18M Worth of Cocaine Found in Bananas Given to Texas Prison

Some of the 540 packages of cocaine 

Source: Texas Department of Criminal Justice

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Houston (AP) -- Authorities say bananas donated to a Texas prison turned out to have nearly $18 million worth of cocaine hidden inside the boxes.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says in a Facebook post that the drugs were found in two pallets of bananas that were donated because they were already ripe. The donation arrived Friday.