Record 18,665-pound marijuana seizure in Del Rio sector
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.
🇺🇸 Carrizo Springs, Dimmitt County, Texas · Texas, United States
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Cannabis
8.4665 t
Value (official estimate)
USD 15,000,000
Agents assigned to the Carrizo Springs Station seized two marijuana loads within two hours on 3 March 2012.[1]The loads weighed 11,973 pounds (about 5,431 kg) and 6,692 pounds (about 3,036 kg), and both had been camouflaged with oilfield supplies.[1]They were found within a short distance of one another.[1]
A sector record
The two loads were the largest and third largest marijuana seizures in Del Rio sector history.[1]Together they weighed 18,665 pounds (about 8,467 kg), and a second account of the same record day confirms that total from two tractor-trailer stops.[1][2]CBP valued the combined haul at $15 million, the largest single-day marijuana seizure the sector had recorded.[1]
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