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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 20, 2024, 01:35:11 pm
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$2M in cocaine seized in Operation Lone Star traffic stop in South Texas
by: Sandra Sanchez
Posted: Apr 19, 2024 / 02:49 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 19, 2024 / 05:35 PM CDT
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Department of Public Safety troopers seized over 200 pounds of cocaine during a truck traffic stop in South Texas as part of the state’s Operation Lone Star border security initiative, the agency said Friday.
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The seizure of 98 kilos, or 216 pounds of cocaine, occurred Tuesday in the border town of Weslaco. DPS says troopers stopped a tractor-trailer “and discovered 90 cellophane-wrapped bundles of cocaine concealed inside a pallet of dried goods in the cargo area,” DPS said Friday.
The drugs have an estimated street value of $2 million, the agency said.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/2m-in-cocaine-seized-in-operation-lone-star-traffic-stop-in-south-texas/