6 Men Charged in Drug Smuggling Operation Based in Mission

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MISSION - Federal authorities bust up a long running drug smuggling operation based in Mission. They charged six men in the case Monday.

Court documents say the group transported as much as 2,000 pounds of marijuana and 180 kilos of cocaine to Houston each month for the past seven years.

Homeland Security investigators say they arrested the suspects Saturday at a mechanic shop in Houston. They were unloading a half ton of pot.

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