Bust nets $25 million in drugs

October 30, 2007
Bust nets $25 million in drugs
If the driver of a truck who was pulled over by Louisiana state police for a safety inspection had remained calm, he might have been sent on his way.

But the Baton Rouge Advocate quotes a trooper as saying Manuel Rodriquez appeared nervous.

After Rodriguez signed a consent form, they searched his tractor-trailer and found $25 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamines.

Police said the load came through the Texas border town of Hidalgo and was headed for New York.

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/ ... 007-09.htm

Thought this could be added to this thread. Hidalgo is a busy place. :roll:
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Hidalgo Drug Bust
Friday , October 26, 2007 Posted: 10:51 PM


Huge drug bust in Hidalgo County will be turned over to federal agents for investigation.

Hidalgo County - The sheriff's department has handed over a record setting cocaine seizure to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The seizure was made on Wednesday, following a short chase that ended near De Zavalla Elementary school.

In all they found over twelve hundred pounds of cocaine in the back of a truck.

Sheriff Lupe Trevino tells NEWSCHANNEL 5, the sheer size of the seizure is too much for the department to handle.

"Because the size which it means there is a significant cartel organization behind the ownership and the transportation and smuggling of this amount of cocaine, that's why we handed it over to federal agents." He says.

An ICE Spokesperson says, they are the lead investigators and anyone with any information should call 1-866-347-2423

http://www.newschannel5.tv/2007/10/26/9 ... Drug-Bust-