Thread: Border Patrol Agents Seize $7.6 Million in Cocaine at Texas

C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Agents Seize $7.6 Million in Cocaine at Texas Checkpoint

(Friday, March 06, 2009)

Laredo, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Laredo North station stopped an attempt to smuggle several hundred pounds of cocaine Thursday night.

Border Patrol agents working at checkpoint in Laredo, Texas yesterday found three cellophane-wrapped bundles of cocaine hidden in boxes that held ceramic toilets. The cocaine had a street value of $7.6 million.

Agents working at the Interstate 35 checkpoint performed an immigration inspection on the driver of a tractor-trailer that drove into the facility. During the inspection, a Border Patrol canine alerted toward the trailer. Agents inspected the trailer with the Vehicle and Cargo Inspection System that uses gamma rays to produce an image similar to an x-ray. The machine image showed some anomalies among the load of ceramic toilets being hauled in the trailer.

Agents searched the cargo and found three boxes containing cellophane-wrapped bundles. The bundles contained cocaine with a total weight of 237.8 pounds and an estimated street value of $7.6 million.

The drugs, driver and vehicle from were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

To report suspicious activity such as drug and/or alien smuggling, contact the Laredo Sector Border Patrol toll free telephone number at 1-800-343-1994.

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.

Contacts For This News Release
Laredo Sector Public Affairs Office
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (956) 764-3041 or
(956) 764-3243

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 2009_4.xml

I wonder what percent of the cargo is checked and how much contraband gets through?

They probably catch 5%.

Originally Posted by jonhaloi

I wonder what percent of the cargo is checked and how much contraband gets through?

They probably catch 5%.

C.B.P. News Releases for the first 6 days of March.

- March 06 Border Patrol Agents Seize $7.6 Million in Cocaine at Texas Checkpoint

- March 06 In Busy Day at Brownsville, Texas Port, CBP Officers Seize $1 Million in Marijuana, Cocaine

- March 05 Border Patrol Canine Sniffs Out Meth, Cocaine in Hidden Compartment

- March 05 Border Patrol in South Texas Seizes More Than $3.6 Million in Narcotics in 6 Separate Incidents

- March 05 Gunshots Fired During Border Patrol Marijuana Seizure

- March 05 Border Patrol Agents Seize More than $1.5 Million Worth of Marijuana at Sarita Checkpoint

- March 04 CBP Officers Seize Close to 135 Pounds of Marijuana – 1 Arrested on Federal Drug Charges

- March 04 ‘B.C. Bud’ Backpacked Across U.S. Border near Lynden Port of Entry Stopped through Joint Efforts

- March 04 Texas Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly 3 Tons of Marijuana

- March 04 Border Patrol in San Diego Snatches Multiple Loads from Smugglers

- March 04 CBP, ICE: 'No Soup for You' - Sister Border Security Agencies Foil Dopey Soup Smuggling

- March 03 CBP Officers Stop 5 Narcotic Smuggling Attempts at Calexico Downtown Port

- March 03 CBP Officers Seize Cache of Weapons, Arrest 1 at Laredo Port of Entry

- March 03 Border Patrol Finds Buckets of Drugs

- March 03 Brownsville CBP Officers Seize Nearly $24,000 in Marijuana from Vehicle’s Floor

- March 02 CBP Officers at Roma International Bridge Seize Cocaine, Arrest Houston Man on Federal Drug Charges

- March 02 CBP Officers Seize $500K Found in Spare Tire, Laundry Detergent Box during Outbound Enforcement Operation

- March 02 CBP Officers Seize $113,000 in Marijuana from False Compartment of Truck in Brownsville

Added to Home PAge
http://www.alipac.us/article4023.html

Thanks JohnDoe2