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Border Patrol seizes nearly 600 pounds of marijuana worth over $473K

Release Date
Tue, 07/31/2018

GARCENO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station disrupted a narcotic smuggling attempt.

On Monday, July 30, close to midnight, agents observed five subjects loading a vehicle with narcotics near the Rio Grande. Shortly after, the vehicle departed the area at a high rate of speed.

Packages containing 591 pounds of marijuana seized by Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents
Packages containing 591 pounds
of marijuana seized by Rio
Grande Valley Sector Border
Patrol agents near Garceño,
Texas.

As agents responded, the driver returned to the river and abandoned the vehicle. Agents saw the driver swim to Mexico along with five other subjects.

Inside the vehicle, agents found 591 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated value of $473,552.

Agents seized the vehicle and turned the narcotics over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and report suspicious activity at 800-863-9382. 

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021