8 Tons of Pot Seized in Texas Truck Bust
A Star Telegram story, from the NORML website:
FALFURRIAS, Texas - Federal agents found more than 8 tons of marijuana valued at almost $14 million in a truckload of fruit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday.
The seizure occurred about 6 a.m. Thursday at a Border Patrol checkpoint about 75 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.
Drug-sniffing dogs alerted agents to a tractor-trailer hauling cantaloupes and bananas. Agents found 542 bundles of marijuana weighing 17,297 pounds and valued at $13.8 million dollars.
The driver, a 36-year-old from Mission, Texas, was arrested and turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration out of Corpus Christi.
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FALFURRIAS, Texas - Federal agents found more than 8 tons of marijuana valued at almost $14 million in a truckload of fruit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday.
The seizure occurred about 6 a.m. Thursday at a Border Patrol checkpoint about 75 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.
Drug-sniffing dogs alerted agents to a tractor-trailer hauling cantaloupes and bananas. Agents found 542 bundles of marijuana weighing 17,297 pounds and valued at $13.8 million dollars.
The driver, a 36-year-old from Mission, Texas, was arrested and turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration out of Corpus Christi.
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