According to police, on January 23, 2012, Diaz and his common-law wife, Fanny Williams, were asleep in a van which was parked in an area between miles 1 and 2 on the George Price Highway. That's when the officers noticed something suspicious, and they went to investigate. They crept up on the couple and detained them. When they searched the vehicle they found an assortment of vegetables from Mexico, which had a total value of $2,492 dollars. When the officers asked him to produce receipts and documentation, he couldn't so they decided to hand them over to the Customs Department, and he was charged with uncustomed goods.

In his trial before Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer, he told the court in his defence that he didn't bring the items across the border. He claims that he bought them from a local growers and wholesalers, but he didn't ask for any receipt, thinking he didn't need it.