Federal police at Mexico City's international airport have seized over one million dollars in cash after discovering the bills packed into cans labeled as chili peppers.

The Associated Press

Authorities identified a Colombian man named Edgar Victoria Abadia, who was trying to board a flight to Cali, Colombia with the cans concealed inside two suitcases.

A pre-flight screening by suspicious inspectors resulted in the opening of the cans - revealing a total of $1,026,443 inside.

The Mexico City airport is reportedly being used by drug traffickers to ship cocaine from Colombia and return drug profits.