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USBP Checkpoint Yields Over $250K in Drugs

Release Date
Tue, 08/01/2017

Meth, Heroin, halted on Texas Highway 57

DEL RIO, Texas –  U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 57 immigration checkpoint arrested one Mexican man for narcotics smuggling on Friday.

Methamphetamine and heorin were seized at Texas checkpoint
Methamphetamine and heroin seized
at Texas U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.

“Drug trafficking organizations go to great lengths in the attempt to smuggle deadly narcotics into the United States,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent of Del Rio Sector Matthew J. Hudak. “I commend those agents whose diligence averted these dangerous drugs from reaching our communities.”

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station immigration checkpoint on Highway 57 seized 7.2 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.3 pounds of heroin, with a combined value of $250,276, hidden inside a 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser. The driver, 37, was arrested for narcotics smuggling and turned over to the custody of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the Joint Task Force-West South Texas Corridor, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations. To report suspicious activity call the Del Rio Sector’s toll free number at 1-866-511-8727.

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.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021