Customs agents and border protection (CBP) secured two loads of cocaine that, if they had reached the streets, they would have reached A value of 1.4 million dollars.
The first assurance took place at the Brownsville International Bridge and Matamoros when A 22 -year -old American citizen resides in McAllenTexas, tried to enter the United States in a 2008 Toyota.
In the vehicle 40 hidden packages were discovered that gave a weight of 41.47 kilograms.
The second seizure was recorded at the Gateway International Bridge when A 27 -year -old Mexican citizen resides in MatamorosTamaulipas, tried to enter the US in a 2014 Chevrolet.
The vehicle was sent to a secondary inspection for a more detailed exam after a primary inspection.
In secondary inspection, with the help of a non -intrusive inspection system (NII), CBP officers They discovered hidden packages inside the vehicle.
When removing them and weighing them they realized that they were a total of 7.17 kilograms of cocaine.
“Our CBP officers work diligently to maintain our safe borders and use many law application tools to perform their tasks, which led to these important drug seizures,” said Tater Ortiz, director of CBP at the port of entry of entry of Brownsville
CBP officers seized the drug together with the vehicles, while Special Agents of National Security Investigations (HSI) arrested the drivers and initiated criminal investigations.
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