{"version":1,"id":"us/tx","name":"Texas, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/tx/","count":16,"totals":{"reports":16,"arrested":32,"plants_destroyed":209197,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":40348.21,"deaths":1},"by_type":{"eradication":2,"seizure":5,"raid":1,"arrest":5,"prosecution":0,"sentence":2,"execution":0,"death":1},"latest":"2026-10-29","reports":[{"id":"laredo-boulanger-cisneros-marijuana","code":"CET-RM7W9V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laredo-boulanger-cisneros-marijuana/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/RM7W9V/","date":"2026-10-29","added_at":"2026-10-31T09:44:17.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:21:27.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"3200 block of Boulanger Street, Laredo, Texas","coordinates":[27.48697,-99.46326],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["raid","seizure"],"title":"Two arrested in Laredo; man charged over more than 4 oz of marijuana","summary":"Laredo police arrested Eduardo Cisneros, 38, and Veronica Gutierrez, 36, after a counterfeit-money investigation led to a Boulanger Street residence. Cisneros was booked on 29 October 2026 on a marijuana possession charge of more than 4 ounces but less than 5 pounds, along with other drug and theft charges; Gutierrez was charged with controlled-substance possession and released on bond.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2},"tags":["laredo","texas","marijuana","webb-county"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"xai/grok-4.7#low","open_questions":["No second outlet or police statement could be opened.","No measured weight of the marijuana was given, only the charge range of more than 4 ounces but less than 5 pounds.","Gutierrez was charged with possession of a controlled substance, not marijuana, and the account does not say which of the other seized narcotics were cannabis.","The only published image is a booking photo, not a picture of the residence or the seizure.","No court outcome beyond booking, Gutierrez’s release on bond, and Cisneros remaining in custody as of Friday afternoon was reported."],"sources":[{"title":"LPD: Two arrested after counterfeit-money probe uncovers drugs, rifle","url":"https://www.lmtonline.com/local/article/crime-lpd-police-counterfeit-money-drugs-weapons-22503370.php","publisher":"Laredo Morning Times","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null}]},{"id":"dallas-hewitt-zillionaire-storefront-sentence","code":"CET-0ECJKK","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dallas-hewitt-zillionaire-storefront-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/0ECJKK/","date":"2026-10-28","added_at":"2026-10-31T08:35:52.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:21:27.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"South Dallas, Dallas, Texas","coordinates":[32.7767,-96.797],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["seizure"],"title":"Dallas Crips member sentenced to 37 years over Zillionaire Marijuana storefront","summary":"Dallas Crips member Jamarian Hewitt, 39, was sentenced to 447 months, more than 37 years, in federal prison on 28 October 2026 for drug trafficking and firearms offences. Prosecutors said he sold 200 to 300 pounds of marijuana a week, branded Zillionaire Marijuana, from a South Dallas storefront where agents found a kilogram of methamphetamine and guns.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"kg_seized":6.35,"prison":"447 months (more than 37 years)"},"tags":["dallas","texas","storefront","crips","sentence"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/crips-gang-member-gets-37-year-sentence-using-storefront-sell-zillionaire-marijuana-other-drugs","media_url":"https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox4news.com/www.fox4news.com/content/uploads/2026/10/764/432/four_deuce_crips1.png?ve=1&tl=1","publisher":"FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth","caption":"Weapons, ammunition and drugs seized from Hewitt's residence and the Exotic Pop South Dallas storefront. Photo: U.S. Department of Justice"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["No total weight was published for the marijuana at the storefront; the 6.35 kg (14 lb) figure is what agents found at Hewitt's home.","The sources do not say whether Hewitt will appeal or where he will serve the sentence.","The other Operation Blue Laces defendants were sentenced separately; those sentencings are not covered here.","Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Dallas Morning News: A federal jury had convicted Hewitt in April 2026 of drug trafficking, conspiracy and firearms offences."],"sources":[{"title":"Dallas Crips gang member gets 37 years for using storefront to sell 'Zillionaire Marijuana,' other drugs","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/crips-gang-member-gets-37-year-sentence-using-storefront-sell-zillionaire-marijuana-other-drugs","publisher":"FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth","date":"2026-10-29","archived":null},{"title":"Dallas gang member sentenced to more than 37 years for drug, gun crimes","url":"https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/article/dallas-crips-gang-member-drug-trafficking-22500581.php","publisher":"The Dallas Morning News","date":"2026-10-29","archived":null}]},{"id":"horizon-city-valdez-marijuana-meth-arrest","code":"CET-WDMN8S","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/horizon-city-valdez-marijuana-meth-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/WDMN8S/","date":"2026-10-21","added_at":"2026-11-03T03:37:43.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:21:27.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Horizon City, Texas","coordinates":[31.68,-106.2],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"39-year-old arrested with marijuana and meth in Horizon City","summary":"Horizon City police arrested 39-year-old Miguel Angel Valdez after a 21 October traffic stop found suspected marijuana and a crystal-like substance in his vehicle. Field tests were positive for marijuana and methamphetamine, and he was jailed on possession charges.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1},"tags":["horizon-city","texas","possession"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No weight was published for the suspected marijuana or the suspected crystal-like substance, so no cannabis quantity is recorded.","The article gives Wednesday, Oct. 21 without a year; 21 October 2026 is used because it was the Wednesday before the 2 November 2026 publication.","Only one source for this event was found after searching for a second account.","The page image is a booking-style portrait and site graphic that does not show the stop, search or seizure, so no media entry is added.","The methamphetamine component is part of the same event but is not counted as cannabis."],"sources":[{"title":"Man arrested for drug possession in Horizon City","url":"https://www.ktsm.com/news/man-arrested-for-drug-possession-in-horizon-city/amp/","publisher":"KTSM 9 News","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null}]},{"id":"horizon-city-valdez-traffic-stop-arrest","code":"CET-4W7JCA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/horizon-city-valdez-traffic-stop-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/4W7JCA/","date":"2026-10-21","added_at":"2026-11-03T01:40:51.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T17:30:17.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Horizon City, Texas","coordinates":[31.6787,-106.1972],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"39-year-old arrested with marijuana, meth in Horizon City stop","summary":"Horizon City police arrested 39-year-old Miguel Angel Valdez on Oct. 21 after a traffic stop yielded suspected marijuana and methamphetamine in his center console. He was jailed in El Paso County on possession charges; no drug weight was published.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1},"tags":["horizon-city","texas","traffic-stop"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"swancloud/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No quantity or weight was published for the suspected marijuana or methamphetamine.","The incident date is recorded as 21 October 2026 based on the 2 November 2026 publication date and the Wednesday, Oct. 21 reference.","No court outcome beyond the reported possession charges was published.","The KTSM page displays a booking-style photo of Valdez, but its caption does not establish that it shows the stop or seizure, so no media entry is added.","No weight was published for the suspected marijuana or the suspected crystal-like substance, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.","The AOL page is a republication of the KTSM article already cited in the existing report, not an independent second account.","The page portrait captioned Miguel Angel Valdez, 39 (Horizon City Police Department) does not show the stop, search or seizure, so no media entry is added."],"sources":[{"title":"Man arrested for drug possession in Horizon City","url":"https://www.ktsm.com/news/man-arrested-for-drug-possession-in-horizon-city/","publisher":"KTSM 9 News","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Cae con metanfetamina y mariguana en Horizon City","url":"https://diario.mx/el-paso/2026/nov/02/cae-con-metanfetamina-y-mariguana-en-horizon-city-1146610.html","publisher":"El Diario de El Paso","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null},{"title":"Man arrested for drug possession in Horizon City","url":"https://www.aol.com/articles/man-arrested-drug-possession-horizon-192957000.html","publisher":"AOL","date":"2026-11-02","archived":null}]},{"id":"dallas-jiang-interstate-marijuana-sentence","code":"CET-XSQ11K","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dallas-jiang-interstate-marijuana-sentence/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XSQ11K/","date":"2026-09-09","added_at":"2026-11-01T14:48:55.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Dallas, Texas","coordinates":[32.77917,-96.80889],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":["prosecution"],"title":"Dallas marijuana distributor gets five years for interstate trafficking conspiracy","summary":"Dian Huang Jiang received a five-year federal prison sentence in Dallas on 9 September 2026. Prosecutors said he led a network moving marijuana from Oklahoma to Texas and other states, with deliveries reaching 1,000 pounds in a day.","status":"verified","figures":{"charged":1,"prison":"60 months"},"tags":["texas","dallas","oklahoma","interstate-trafficking","federal-court"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"openai/gpt-6.1-sol#xhigh","open_questions":["No exact total weight of marijuana seized or distributed was published; the daily and transaction figures describe trafficking rather than a seizure.","The sources do not give the date of Jiang's guilty plea or any appeal decision.","The official release says Jiang faces forfeiture without reporting a final forfeiture order.","FOX 4 identifies the Justice Department as its source, and its illustration is a generic gavel photograph."],"sources":[{"title":"Dallas man who conspired to use interstate facilities to aid a marijuana trafficking enterprise sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force investigation","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-man-who-conspired-use-interstate-facilities-aid-marijuana-trafficking","publisher":"U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas","date":"2026-09-09","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260929225738/https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/dallas-man-who-conspired-use-interstate-facilities-aid-marijuana-trafficking"},{"title":"Dallas man given federal prison sentence for marijuana trafficking enterprise","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-man-given-federal-prison-sentence-marijuana-trafficking-enterprise.amp","publisher":"FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth","date":"2026-09-09","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260921221225/https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-man-given-federal-prison-sentence-marijuana-trafficking-enterprise.amp"}]},{"id":"allen-bigxthaplug-dwi-marijuana-arrest","code":"CET-TDCZEJ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/allen-bigxthaplug-dwi-marijuana-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/TDCZEJ/","date":"2026-08-21","added_at":"2026-11-04T05:50:02.968356Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Allen, Collin County, Texas","coordinates":[33.1032,-96.6706],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":[],"title":"BigXthaPlug arrested in Allen on DWI, marijuana and gun charges","summary":"Allen police arrested rapper BigXthaPlug, Xavier Landum, on 21 August 2026 and booked him into Collin County Jail on DWI, possession of less than two ounces of marijuana and unlawful firearm possession. He was released the next day, missing a Winnipeg festival headline before performing in Des Moines, while his similar August 2025 Dallas case remains pending.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1},"tags":["texas","allen","possession"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["No exact weight was published, only possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, so no kilograms can be recorded.","The year 2026 is inferred because both accounts report the 21 August arrest in August 2026, one year after the August 2025 Dallas arrest.","No details of the traffic stop, DWI basis or firearm recovery in the 2026 arrest were disclosed and the investigation remains active.","No court outcome for the new charges was reported, and how they will affect the pending 2025 case is not established.","The submitted page carries only a Shutterstock portrait of the musician, not the arrest or seizure, so no media entry is included."],"sources":[{"title":"BigXthaPlug Arrested on DWI, Marijuana and Gun Charges Exactly One Year After Prior Arrest","url":"https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/bigxthaplug-arrested-on-dwi-marijuana-and-gun-charges-exactly-one-year-after-prior-arrest","publisher":"Law Commentary","date":"2026-08-25","archived":null},{"title":"Rapper BigXthaPlug arrested in Collin County on multiple charges","url":"https://www.fox4news.com/news/bigxthaplug-arrested-collin-county-dwi-marijuana-unlawful-firearm","publisher":"FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth","date":"2026-08-21","archived":null}]},{"id":"dallas-love-field-75-pounds-arrest","code":"CET-B1KRRG","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dallas-love-field-75-pounds-arrest/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/B1KRRG/","date":"2026-04-30","added_at":"2026-11-03T00:20:42.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:21:27.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Dallas Love Field Airport, Dallas, Texas","coordinates":[32.8479,-96.8518],"precision":"exact","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Woman arrested at Dallas Love Field with 75 pounds of marijuana","summary":"Dallas police arrested 25-year-old Jennifer Manzanares-Herrera at Dallas Love Field after three suitcases arriving from Las Vegas were found holding about 75 pounds of marijuana in vacuum-sealed pouches. She was held in Dallas County Jail on a $25,000 bond facing a second-degree felony possession charge.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":34.02},"tags":["dallas","love-field","airport","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/woman-arrested-dallas-love-field-with-75-pounds-marijuana/4019539/","media_url":"https://media.nbcdfw.com/2026/05/pot-found-dal.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478","publisher":"NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth","caption":"Three suitcases of seized marijuana at Love Field Airport. 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No arrests were made, and a joint local, state and federal investigation continued.","status":"verified","figures":{"plants_destroyed":109000},"tags":["record-seizure"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["No arrests were reported and no outcome of the continuing investigation was published in the opened sources.","The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal item is a reprint of the Amarillo Globe-News report.","The reports say more than 109,000 plants, so the figure uses 109,000."],"sources":[{"title":"109K-plant marijuana bust could be largest of its kind in Texas history","url":"https://www.amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2015-06-09/109k-plant-marijuana-bust-could-be-largest-its-kind-texas-history","publisher":"Amarillo Globe-News","date":"2015-06-09","archived":"http://web.archive.org/web/20170520071011/http://amarillo.com/news/latest-news/2015-06-09/109k-plant-marijuana-bust-could-be-largest-its-kind-texas-history"},{"title":"109K-plant marijuana bust could be largest of its kind in Texas history","url":"https://www.lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2015-06-10/109k-plant-marijuana-bust-could-be-largest-its-kind-texas-history","publisher":"Lubbock Avalanche-Journal","date":"2015-06-10","archived":"http://web.archive.org/web/20170519223417/http://lubbockonline.com/filed-online/2015-06-10/109k-plant-marijuana-bust-could-be-largest-its-kind-texas-history"}]},{"id":"goodrich-100197-plants-eradication","code":"CET-H950J4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/goodrich-100197-plants-eradication/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/H950J4/","date":"2014-07-28","added_at":"2026-11-03T15:56:12.887Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Goodrich, Polk County, Texas","coordinates":[30.605,-94.944],"precision":"locality","type":"eradication","also":["arrest"],"title":"100,197 cannabis plants cleared in woods near Goodrich, Texas","summary":"Officers and jail inmates cleared 100,197 cannabis plants from 29 fields near Goodrich after a deer hunter found the grow on 26 July 2014. 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Adam Sowders during a pre-dawn no-knock search of his trailer for marijuana near Somerville on 19 December 2013; a grand jury found he acted in self-defence and declined to indict him for murder.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"deaths":1},"tags":["no-knock-raid","officer-killed","home-grow","self-defence"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The sources do not state the exact number of marijuana plants or seedlings found in the trailer.","The district attorney said an announcement was made before entry, while Magee said he believed he faced burglars; the entry circumstances remain disputed.","The outcome of the marijuana possession and weapon charges against Magee is not covered in these sources."],"sources":[{"title":"No murder charge for man who fatally shot Texas deputy","url":"https://www.police1.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/no-murder-charge-for-man-who-fatally-shot-texas-deputy-0ETUZXxvigo53yvu/","publisher":"Associated Press","date":"2014-02-06","archived":null},{"title":"Texas Grand Jury Declines to Indict Pot Grower Who Shot and Killed a Cop During an Early-Morning Raid","url":"https://reason.com/2014/02/07/texas-grand-jury-declines-to-indict-pot/printer/","publisher":"Reason","date":"2014-02-07","archived":null}]},{"id":"del-rio-carrizo-springs-record-seizure-2012","code":"CET-1RJ43B","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/del-rio-carrizo-springs-record-seizure-2012/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/1RJ43B/","date":"2012-03-03","added_at":"2026-11-02T13:26:56.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Carrizo Springs, Dimmitt County, Texas","coordinates":[28.5269,-99.8618],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":[],"title":"Record 18,665-pound marijuana seizure in Del Rio sector","summary":"Border Patrol agents at Carrizo Springs seized two marijuana loads weighing 11,973 and 6,692 pounds within two hours on 3 March 2012. The combined haul, valued at $15 million, was the largest single-day marijuana seizure in Del Rio sector history.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":8466.5,"value":{"amount":15000000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["cbp","record-haul","border"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The CBP release is a fiscal-year summary published on 1 February 2013, while the seizure it describes took place on 3 March 2012.","A second account puts the day's total value at $14,932,256 rather than the $15 million in the CBP release, and the report uses the CBP figure.","No arrests, drivers or court outcomes were reported in the opened sources.","No photo of the seized loads or the trucks was confirmed in the opened pages, so no media is listed."],"sources":[{"title":"Apprehensions Increase as Drug Seizures Decline","url":"https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/apprehensions-increase-drug-seizures-decline","publisher":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","date":"2013-02-01","archived":null},{"title":"Border Patrol Jobs in Carrizo Springs, Texas","url":"https://www.borderpatroledu.org/texas/carrizo-springs/","publisher":"BorderPatrolEdu.org","date":null,"archived":null}]},{"id":"houston-martindale-school-buses-19000-pounds","code":"CET-M1KCFA","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/houston-martindale-school-buses-19000-pounds/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/M1KCFA/","date":"2007-03-03","added_at":"2026-11-03T14:24:13.358Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Martindale Street, southeast Houston, Texas","coordinates":[29.63,-95.22],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two school buses and vans hid nearly 19,000 pounds of marijuana in Houston","summary":"Agents watching a wooded stash site on Martindale Street in southeast Houston arrested two men on 3 March 2007 and seized nearly 19,000 pounds of marijuana from two school buses, rental vans and a pickup.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":8618,"value":{"amount":13000000,"currency":"USD"}},"tags":["houston","stash-house","school-buses","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The Chronicle gives the seizure as nearly 19,000 pounds while the NDIC analysis summarizes it as over 9,000 kilograms; the report uses the Chronicle's figure rounded to kilograms.","The same Chronicle article reports a separate Montrose grow-house seizure from the day before, a different event left out here.","No charges, trial outcome or sentences for the two arrested men are reported in these sources."],"sources":[{"title":"Texas officials seize 10-tons of pot in bust","url":"https://www.police1.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/texas-officials-seize-10-tons-of-pot-in-bust-nqSbdi3h86QeYmgI/","publisher":"Houston Chronicle (via Police1)","date":"2007-03-07","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260715130947/https://www.police1.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/texas-officials-seize-10-tons-of-pot-in-bust-nqSbdi3h86QeYmgI/"},{"title":"(U) Distribution and Drug Related Crime - Houston HIDTA Drug Market Analysis 2008","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs27/27493/distro.htm","publisher":"National Drug Intelligence Center","date":"2008-05-01","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260528200447/https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs27/27493/distro.htm"}]},{"id":"houston-west-road-warehouse-502-bales-2006","code":"CET-E1SWM8","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/houston-west-road-warehouse-502-bales-2006/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/E1SWM8/","date":"2006-12-27","added_at":"2026-11-03T15:17:02.096Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":null,"country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"West Road warehouse, northwest Harris County, Texas","coordinates":[29.911,-95.499],"precision":"district","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"502 bales of marijuana seized in northwest Houston warehouse raid","summary":"Harris County sheriff's deputies acting on an anonymous tip raided a warehouse in the 7300 block of West Road in northwest Houston on 27 December 2006, seizing 502 bales of marijuana weighing nearly 7,000 kilograms and charging a truck driver with drug trafficking.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":7000},"tags":["houston","warehouse","trafficking"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"muse-code/muse-spark-1.3#xhigh","open_questions":["The UPI wire account of the raid survives only in a forum reprint; the original Houston Chronicle article page is no longer live.","Officers also reported a small amount of cocaine in the stopped truck; no cocaine figure was given and none is counted here.","No name, detailed charges or case outcome for the arrested driver are reported in these sources."],"sources":[{"title":"7 Tons Confiscated in Houston","url":"https://www.420magazine.com/community/threads/7-tons-confiscated-in-houston.60199/","publisher":"UPI (via 420 Magazine)","date":"2006-12-30","archived":null},{"title":"Distribution - Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs23/23932/distro.htm","publisher":"National Drug Intelligence Center","date":"2007-06-01","archived":null}]},{"id":"laredo-21947-pounds-truck-seizure-2003","code":"CET-ZJ5N61","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/laredo-21947-pounds-truck-seizure-2003/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZJ5N61/","date":"2003-07-11","added_at":"2026-11-03T09:21:08.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Laredo, Texas","coordinates":[27.5306,-99.4803],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"21,947 pounds of marijuana seized from truck in Laredo; driver held","summary":"Customs inspectors stopped an 18-wheel truck entering Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo on 11 July 2003 and seized 21,947 pounds (about 9,955 kg) of marijuana hidden aboard. The driver was arrested on federal drug charges and investigators followed the load to its intended recipients in Ohio.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":9955},"tags":["laredo","cbp","ice","southwest-border"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The Treasury's annual report gives 21,947 pounds while the initial Washington File account said nearly 1,100 kilograms; the report uses the Treasury's figure.","No court outcome for the arrested driver or the intended recipients in Ohio was reported in the opened sources.","No photograph of the seizure with a recoverable direct image address was found in the opened sources."],"sources":[{"title":"U.S. Customs Agents Intercept Huge Marijuana Shipment From Mexico","url":"https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2003/07/sec-030721-usia01.htm","publisher":"U.S. Department of State Washington File (via GlobalSecurity.org)","date":"2003-07-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20231003014337/https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/news/2003/07/sec-030721-usia01.htm"},{"title":"Treasury Forfeiture Fund Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2003","url":"https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/246/03-annual-report.pdf","publisher":"U.S. Department of the Treasury","date":null,"archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260529084243/https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/246/03-annual-report.pdf"}]},{"id":"el-paso-bridge-6-tons-2003","code":"CET-9P9WEZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/el-paso-bridge-6-tons-2003/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/9P9WEZ/","date":"2003-02-07","added_at":"2026-11-02T13:38:59.000Z","added_at_source":"git","updated_at":"2026-11-03T12:01:30.000Z","country":"us/tx","country_name":"Texas, United States","place":"Bridge of the Americas, El Paso, Texas","coordinates":[31.7649,-106.453],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"More than six tons of marijuana seized at El Paso bridge; two arrested","summary":"US Customs officers seized 12,620 pounds of marijuana hidden behind wooden pallets in a tractor-trailer at the Bridge of the Americas on 7 February 2003. Two Mexican nationals from Ciudad Juarez were arrested in what the agency called its largest El Paso seizure in more than a decade.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":5724.34},"tags":["us-customs","el-paso","bridge-of-the-americas","tractor-trailer"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"meta/muse-spark","open_questions":["The reports do not name the two arrested men or say what charges or sentences followed.","The trade-press account describes a gamma-ray inspection while the threat assessment describes an x-ray inspection with a canine alert; the opened reports do not reconcile the inspection details."],"sources":[{"title":"U.S. Customs Seizes 6 Tons of Marijuana at U.S./Mexico Border","url":"https://www.freightwaves.com/news/u-s-customs-seizes-6-tons-of-marijuana-at-u-s-mexico-border","publisher":"FreightWaves","date":"2003-02-17","archived":null},{"title":"Texas Drug Threat Assessment","url":"https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs5/5624/marijuan.htm","publisher":"National Drug Intelligence Center","date":"2003-10-01","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260529113146/https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs5/5624/marijuan.htm"}]}]}