{"id":181050,"date":"2022-11-27T18:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T23:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=181050"},"modified":"2022-11-27T18:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T23:37:20","slug":"1-5-million-in-cocaine-seized-at-texas-mexico-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/1-5-million-in-cocaine-seized-at-texas-mexico-border\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.5 Million in Cocaine Seized at Texas-Mexico Border"},"content":{"rendered":"
LAREDO, Texas\u2014U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized hard narcotics that totaled over $1,500,000 in street value.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an excellent seizure by our officers working at the CBP cargo facilities. It\u2019s a perfect example of their unfailing vigilance in guarding our nation\u2019s borders and protecting lawful trade and travel,\u201d said Port Director Albert Flores, Laredo Port of Entry.<\/p>\n
The seizure occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at the World Trade Bridge, when a CBP officer referred a 2001 Freightliner tractor trailer manifesting polypropylene film for secondary inspection. Following a canine and non-intrusive inspection system examination, CBP officers discovered a total of 118.91 pounds of alleged cocaine within the trailer.<\/p>\n
The narcotics had a combined street value of $1,587,777.<\/p>\n
CBP seized the narcotics. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents are investigating the seizure.<\/p>\n
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LAREDO, Texas\u2014U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized hard narcotics that totaled over $1,500,000 in street value. \u201cThis is an excellent seizure by our officers working at the CBP cargo facilities. It\u2019s a perfect example of their unfailing vigilance in guarding our nation\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":181052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n