Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley Nets 12 Tons of Marijuana

C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley Nets 12 Tons of Marijuana in Week

(Monday, March 01, 2010)

Edinburg, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector seized more than $20 million worth of marijuana during the past seven days.

Beginning February 22 and ending Sunday, agents made multiple seizures of marijuana totaling more than 12 tons. The seizures occurred across the Rio Grande Valley Sector from Brownsville to Rio Grande City and north to the Falfurrias and Kingsville Border Patrol checkpoints and were unrelated.

Marijuana seizures for the Rio Grande Valley Sector are up 37 percent from the same time last year.

To report suspicious activity, contact the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector’s toll-free telephone number at 1-800-863-9382.

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
Rio Grande Sector
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (956) 289-4934 or
(956) 289-4845 or
(956) 289-4998 or
(956) 289-4848

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