21,947 pounds of marijuana seized from truck in Laredo; driver held
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.
🇺🇸 Laredo, Texas · Texas, United States
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors stopped an 18-wheel truck entering
Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on 11 July 2003 and found 21,947
pounds (about 9,955 kg) of marijuana hidden aboard, the figure given in the
Treasury’s annual report; the initial Washington File account had put the load
at nearly 1,100 kilograms.[1][2]The seizure was described as one of the
largest single marijuana loads taken on the Southwest border in recent years.[1][2]
Agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement immediately arrested the driver,
Gregorio Rosas-Escuedero of Nuevo Laredo, on federal drug charges, and
investigators went on to execute a federal search warrant in Ohio against the
shipment’s intended recipients.[1][2]The CBP commissioner said the case showed
inspectors and ICE investigators working together under the new Department of
Homeland Security, whose first priority remained fighting terrorism.[1]
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.
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