-from chicagotribune.com-

By Josh Noel

A 33-year-old Mexican national remained in the Kane County Correctional Center on Friday in lieu of $150,000 bail after authorities said he planned to sell more than $2.5 million worth of marijuana.

Fernando Velaczo-Rodriguez of Guadalajara was one of six men arrested Tuesday by Aurora police in an industrial area in the 1500 block of Dearborn Street.

Authorities were responding to a tip that a large amount of drugs were to be delivered there. After staking out the area for less than an hour, police saw men unload several crates from a semitrailer truck, police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said Friday.

Inside the crates, the marijuana was bundled in 144 packages hidden amid watermelons.

The 2,580 pounds of marijuana are worth an estimated $2,580,000, police said.

Police believe the shipment is tied to a drug trafficking operation out of Mexico.

Velaczo-Rodriguez was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver. The other five arrested were released without charges. Ferrelli would not say why they were released. He said other arrests, however, are possible.