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Over $2.1M in illegal drugs seized at South Texas ports, CBP says
by: Sandra Sanchez

Posted: May 16, 2025 / 04:50 PM CDT

Updated: May 16, 2025 / 04:50 PM CDT
 
HIDALGO, Texas (Border Report) — Over $2.1 million in illegal drugs were seized in two large incidents at South Texas ports recently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection says.

Over $618,000 of cocaine was seized Wednesday at the McAllen-Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge from a car coming from Mexico, CBP says.

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The drugs were confiscated after the car was sent for secondary inspection and nonintrusive inspection equipment was used, CBP says.
 
Nearly 50 pounds of cocaine was found in a car at the McAllen-Hidalgo …
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Inside the small car officers found 21 packages of cocaine weighing over 46 pounds that were concealed within the vehicle during the triple-digit day, the agency says.

https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/over-2-1m-in-illegal-drugs-seized-at-south-texas-ports-cbp-says/
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Re: Over $2.1M in illegal drugs seized at South Texas ports, CBP says
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2025, 10:24:03 am »
I sure hope they had an arrest warrant before they pulled the car over or a federal judge will rule the "due process rights" of the perps were violated and set them free with their drugs. :judge:
abolitionist Frederick Douglass: “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will.”