Drug Smugglers Float a Chevy Trailblazer Across the Rio Grande

[rebewranger]

Drug Smugglers Float a Chevy Trailblazer Across the Rio Grande




Release Date: March 23, 2022



EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 731 pounds of marijuana.

On the evening of March 22, Brownsville Border Patrol Station agents working near Brownsville, Texas, observed a Chevrolet Trailblazer being ferried across the Rio Grande and making an incursion into the U.S. As agents responded to the area, the vehicle changed direction and headed back towards the Rio Grande.

 The driver was seen jumping into the river and absconding into Mexico. Agents extracted 28 bundles of marijuana with a weight of over 648 pounds. The seized marijuana is valued at over $519K.

https://www.alipac.us/f12/drug-smugglers-float-chevy-trailblazer-across-rio-grande-394233/

[Free Vulcan]

Actually pretty funny in a Cheech and Chong movie kind of way.

[Elderberry]

I've driven across the Rio Grande in the Lobo Tx area. A good bit of the year there's no water in the river, so the river bottom becomes an uncontrolled crossing.