996 pounds of marijuana seized in ten busts at El Paso port
CBP officers at the El Paso port of entry made ten drug busts on 21 February 2017, seizing 996 pounds (about 452 kg) of marijuana worth $796,800. The largest find was 191 bundles in a false compartment of a pickup bed, whose 41-year-old US-citizen driver was handed to Homeland Security Investigations.
🇺🇸 El Paso port of entry, El Paso, Texas · Texas, United States
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry made
ten drug busts on Tuesday 21 February 2017, seizing a total of 996 pounds (about
452 kg) of marijuana with an estimated street value of $796,800.[1]
The largest seizure of the day came just before 3 p.m. at the Bridge of the Americas
crossing, when a 2003 Ford F150 pickup truck arrived from Mexico.[1]Drug-sniffing
dog Dora alerted to the vehicle, and officers scanning it with the Z-portal x-ray
system saw anomalies in the pickup bed.[1]They found 191 marijuana-filled bundles
stashed in a false compartment in the bed.[1]
Officers arrested the driver, a 41-year-old U.S. citizen man, and turned him over to
Homeland Security Investigations special agents.[1]The report names no other arrests
connected with the ten marijuana seizures.[1]
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Drug bundles in a pickup bed seized by CBP officers at the El Paso port of entryPhoto details
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