Thread: CBP Officers In Texas Make Largest Commercial Bus Cocaine Bu

CBP Officers In Texas Make Largest Commercial Bus Cocaine Bust
Thursday, 04 September 2008
Hidalgo, Texas - September 02, 2008 - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Hidalgo International Bridge seized close to 260 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of close to $8.3 million.

On August 31, at 11:05 p.m., CBP officers working at the Hidalgo port of entry came in contact with an arriving northbound commercial bus. At primary, the bus driver was identified as a U.S. citizen, age 43, and as a resident of Harlingen, Texas. After a routine primary examination, the male driver and bus were referred to secondary for an intensive examination.
In secondary, x-ray images revealed anomalies within the rear portion of the bus above the rear wheels. “Robbie,â€

We get a new bus to deport even MORE illegal aliens, good job CBP!!

Originally Posted by miguelina

We get a new bus to deport even MORE illegal aliens, good job CBP!!

It is much easier to build compartments into commercial trucks and hide drugs in seats, spare tires and other parts. You can imagine what happens when trucks from Mexico go north as part of of Jorge Bush's "lawless truck program".

http://americantruckersatwar.com/tag/drugs/

Traffickers used I-35 buses to get drugs to Dallas, court papers show

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Border Patrol Agents thwart smuggling attempt: Tractor-Trailer rig yields 800-pound marijuana cache

At around midnight yesterday [Aug. 6], agents performed an intensive inspection of a gray Freightliner tractor trailer after a service canine alerted to the trailer. The search revealed ten burlap sacks sitting on the floor of the trailer in plain sight.

Agents recovered a total of 380 individually wrapped bundles of marijuana concealed in the sacks, weighing 803.3 pounds and valued at more than $640,000.

C.B.P. News Release

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 2008_5.xml