Texas Border Business
EDINBURG, Texas, – Agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector seized nearly 470 lbs. of marijuana.
Yesterday, agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station observed multiple subjects emerge from the brush and load bundles of marijuana into a waiting SUV. When the driver saw the agents, he drove south, abandoned the vehicle, and swam back to Mexico. In the vehicle agents discovered 21 bundles of marijuana, weighing 467 lbs., with an estimated value of $374,000.
The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and report suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.
Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation. The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
