Border Patrol seize more than 200 pounds of marijuana in three Brownsville finds
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana in three finds in Brownsville, Texas, on 14 and 15 December 2021, including bundles uncovered by a tractor operator clearing brush. Five people waded the Rio Grande back into Mexico before agents reached a second stash near a golf course; no arrests were reported.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley seized more than 200 pounds
(about 91 kg) of marijuana in three separate finds in Brownsville, Texas.[1]The three seizures took place over two days near the Rio Grande and a golf
course.[2]
On 14 December 2021, agents from the Fort Brown Border Patrol Station responded
to suspected smuggling near the Rio Grande and found three abandoned bundles of
marijuana, with no suspected smugglers located.[3]That load weighed more than
75 pounds (about 34 kg) and the agency valued it at more than $60,000.[1]On
15 December 2021, a tractor operator clearing brush on a property near the Rio
Grande found two bundles of marijuana, one of them torn open by the tractor, and
called the Brownsville Border Patrol Station.[1]Agents recovered 46 pounds
(about 21 kg) of marijuana from that find, valued at more than $36,000.[2]Later that evening, an agent spotted a person in a tree near a golf course
apparently watching for police, and as agents arrived they saw five people cross
the Rio Grande back into Mexico.[2]Agents on horseback and all-terrain
vehicles searched the area and found three bundles weighing more than 94 pounds
(about 43 kg), valued at about $75,000.[1]
The Border Patrol said its agents continue surveillance and response work in the
border area to detect smuggling and seize possible loads.[2]
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Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agents on all-terrain vehicles with the bundles containing 94 pounds of marijuana discovered near a golf course in Brownsville, Texas. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection.Photo details
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Source: U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionThe marijuana bundles found by a tractor operator clearing brush near the Rio Grande, one of the three Brownsville seizures. Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection.Photo details
No arrests, charges or court outcomes were reported for any of the three seizures; the five people seen near the golf course crossed back into Mexico.
The total is stated as more than 200 pounds, so the kilogram figure is a converted minimum; the three loads weighed 46 pounds, more than 94 pounds and more than 75 pounds.
No combined value was published; the agency estimated the loads separately at more than $36,000, about $75,000 and more than $60,000.
The property and the golf course where the bundles were found are not named.
The La Tarde account, published in November 2026, gives the dates as 14 and 15 December without a year; the year is taken from the Border Patrol release of 16 December 2021.
The Texas Border Business and La Tarde accounts reproduce the same Border Patrol release.
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