WILMINGTON, DE - The criminal life is certainly not one about learning from your mistakes, it seems. Just days after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 99 pounds of cocaine from a pineapple shipment, a near identical crime took place—both at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware. The main difference? This shipment was a bit over 100 pounds, not 99.

“This significant narcotics seizure illustrates the importance of learning from experience and the value of collaboration among partners with a shared interest in helping keep our families and our communities safe,” said Casey Durst, CBP’s Field Operations Director in Baltimore. “Customs and Border Protection and our federal, state, and local partners will remain steadfast in our commitment to intercepting dangerous drugs at our nation’s borders.”

In hand with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Delaware National Guard Counter-Drug Taskforce, the CBP grabbed hold of a shipment of pineapples from Costa Rica. And when a Wilmington Police Department narcotics detector dog alerted officers to pineapple cases, the rest was history.

According to a press release, CBP officers then examined the cases, inside of which they discovered strips of vacuum-sealed cocaine packages concealed very similarly to the first load. In total, the agencies found 244 packages of cocaine, a.k.a., a street value of more than $3 million.

“This case illustrates how joint investigative effort and cooperation between agencies directly affects the safety and security of our local communities,” said Capt. Kurt Clarke, Deputy Commander, Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia. “Through coordinated team efforts we will continue to work together to keep drugs out of our ports and off of our streets.”

So heed this warning, fruit drug smugglers everywhere: you mess with pineapples and you will get caught!