McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported three large amounts of cocaine seized at the South Texas border with Mexico.
On Thursday, CBP officers seized almost 50 pounds of cocaine at the Progreso Port of Entry, which leads from Nuevo Progreso, Mexico, into Progreso, Texas.
The drugs were found in a vehicle driven by a 21-year-old woman from McAllen. During a secondary inspection, they found 20 packages of cocaine worth over $638,000, CBP says.
“Our frontline officers continue to exercise great vigilance and dedication to keeping dangerous narcotics off of the streets of our communities. This seizure illustrates CBP’s commitment to advancing and prioritizing CBP’s border security mission,” Progreso/Donna Port Director Jorge Galvan said.
Mission and Hidalgo arrests
On Feb. 15, CBP officers say they confiscated over 46 pounds of cocaine concealed within a vehicle at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, Texas.
The 20 packages of cocaine were found after the vehicle was flagged by a canine team, CBP officers say.
Hours later, officers at the nearby McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge found almost 30 pounds of cocaine within a passenger vehicle that had also been flagged for secondary inspection by a canine team.
The drugs have a combined street value of over $1 million, CBP says.
“Our CBP officers used teamwork and all available resources to thwart these back-to-back narcotic smuggling attempts,” said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.
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