(Wednesday, December 29, 2010)
contacts for this news release
Fronton, Texas ─ U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station confiscated more than 1,600 pounds of marijuana, with a value of more than $1.3 million in two unrelated incidents Tuesday.
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The
largest seizure occurred when agents working near the Rio Grande
witnessed a group of people loading narcotics into the bed of a
Chevrolet pickup truck. As agents attempted to apprehend the group they
fled to the river and escaped in an awaiting boat.
Agents
found 135 bundles of marijuana, with a weight of more than 1,200
pounds, in the bed of the pickup and on the ground nearby.
In
a similar incident, agents recovered seven bundles of marijuana inside a
Pontiac Grand Am in La Grulla, Texas. While on patrol agents witnessed
several people fleeing away from the vehicle when they saw the marked
unit. When agents went to investigate the abandoned vehicle they could
see bundles sitting in the back seat. More than 400 pounds of marijuana
were recovered from inside the Grand Am.
The narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
To report suspicious activity, call the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector’s toll-free telephone number at 1-800-863-9382.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the
Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and
protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of
entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out
of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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