Thread: Texas Border Patrol agents seize $6 MILLION worth of marijuana over weekend

South Texas Border Patrol agents seize nearly $6.4 million worth of marijuana over the weekend

By Steven Alford
Corpus Christi Caller Tim
Posted October 29, 2012 at 5:40 p.m.

Contributed Photo Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley found an SUV Saturday stuffed with nearly 1,900 pounds of marijuana.

CORPUS CHRISTI —Border Patrol agents in South Texas reported seizing more than four tons of marijuana during several discoveries during the weekend, including a large bust by Falfurrias agents.

The largest seizure came Saturday near Roma. Agents found upon an abandoned SUV packed to the ceiling with bundles of marijuana, with a combined weight of nearly 1,900 pounds.

The same day, agents at a Falfurrias checkpoint stopped a tractor-trailer for inspection after a drug-sniffing dog alerted agents to the presence of possible contraband.

Upon further inspection, agents found 1,700 pounds of marijuana hidden inside the trailer's cargo area, according to a news release.
Additional seizures at Border Patrol checkpoints raised the amount of marijuana seized to nearly 8,000 pounds, federal officials said.

The street value of the combined drugs is estimated at nearly $6.4 million.

South Texas Border Patrol agents seize nearly $6.4 million worth of marijuana over the weekend » Corpus Christi Caller-Times

NM border agents seize 700 pounds of pot

Updated 4:13 p.m., Monday, October 29, 2012

SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers turned up more than 700 pounds of marijuana during a weekend stop at the Santa Teresa port of entry.

Officers found the 10 bales of tightly packed marijuana in metal boxes hidden under the bed of a Ford pickup truck that was crossing from Mexico on Saturday.

The driver, 55-year-old Jose Manuel Gomez Serrano, a legal resident of Portland, Ore., was turned over to immigration agents and arrested on federal smuggling charges.

Officers at the port had become suspicious and selected the man's truck for a secondary inspection. An X-ray turned up anomalies in the appearance of the bed of the truck.

Port Director Joanne Thale-Lembo says the sophisticated method of concealing the drugs shows the extent to which smugglers will go to bring contraband into the U.S.

NM border agents seize 700 pounds of pot - SFGate

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Drug smugglers stopped 19 times over weekend

Written by Nathan Max
7:54 p.m., Oct. 29, 2012

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized approximately $5.2 million worth of narcotics and $450,000 in unreported U.S. currency over the weekend in 19 separate smuggling attempts, authorities said.

Smugglers were caught with marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroine at six land ports along the California-Mexico border. More than 1,000 pounds of drugs were seized.

In one incident at the Otay Mesa entry point Saturday, a 20-year-old Mexican male citizen was caught with 78 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at approximately $1.6 million, hidden under the floor of the vehicle.

The next day, a 19-year-old female American citizen was caught at the Andrade port of entry in Winterhaven with 21 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $321,000 hidden in her car.

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