Aurora cops seize $2.5 mil in marijuana in drug bust

Aurora police have apprehended six men after seizing 2,580 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $2.5 million, authorities said today.

Based on a tip, investigators late Tuesday staked out a warehouse in the 1500 block of Dearborn Avenue, near Farnsworth Avenue and the Burlington Northern tracks.

The men were arrested as they were unloading the drugs from a truck, authorities said.

Two of the men are from Aurora, two are from California, one is from Chicago and one is from Rockford. None have been charged but all remain in police custody.

The investigation is ongoing with assistance from the Kane County state's attorney's office.

The marijuana was in 144 individually wrapped packages and hidden inside watermelon crates, police said.