SelectPlusNearly 1 Ton of Pot Seized From Ship in MiamiNearly 1 Ton of Pot Seized From Ship in MiamiThe Associated PressAuthorities in Miami said they seized 1,700 pounds of marijuana from a cargo ship in Miami. They are still trying to determine where the drugs originated. (July 15)SOT: You can probably still smell it in there...It's a good day for authorities in Florida... As a major drug bust turns up a whopping 17-hundred pounds of marijuana....The pot was pulled from of a cargo ship docked here --- at the Port of Miami over the weekend.Officials say the drugs are worth 1 point 7 million dollars --- but could have fetched up to 3 million if it had hit the streets. SOT: Field Dir. Harold Woodward U.S. Customs&Border Protection: "We make sure that we prevent illegal narcotics from making it to the streets and harming our communities.... In this particular case the officer's were using the intutiveness and also our targeting mechanisms a layered approach to make sure that we...