Hidalgo, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge seized over $1,000,000
worth of alleged cocaine and arrested a North Carolina man on Saturday,
September 15.
“This well-hidden load of narcotics was
discovered because of our officers’ outstanding and relentless efforts to help
keep drugs from crossing our border,” said Efrain Solis Jr., Port Director,
Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas. “By working as a team and employing individual officer
expertise and knowledge, this load of hard narcotics was intercepted from the
drug trafficking organizations.”
On Saturday afternoon, September 15, a
black 2007 Mitsubishi Outlander occupied by three individuals arrived at the
Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge. The driver, a 26-year-old male U.S.
citizen from North Carolina and the adult female passenger presented a U.S.
passport and a U.S. birth certificate was presented for a minor female child
traveling with them. A CBP officer referred the vehicle and occupants to
secondary for a more thorough inspection. In secondary, officers discovered 14
packages weighing approximately 38 pounds of alleged cocaine concealed within
the vehicle. The cocaine which had an estimated street value of $1,218,000 was
seized by CBP along with the vehicle.
The adult male traveler was released to
the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security
Investigations agents for further investigation.
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.
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