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Border Patrol Seizes over $1.5M worth of Marijuana in the Rio Grande Valley

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05/03/2019
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EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents disrupted multiple smuggling attempts that resulted in the seizure of over 1,900 pounds of narcotics.

On Thursday, Rio Grande City agents working near Rio Grande City, Texas, observed multiple subjects walk towards a vehicle just north of the Rio Grande. As agents responded, all the subjects fled to Mexico. An inspection of the vehicle revealed seven bundles of marijuana weighing over 466 pounds, worth an estimated $373K.

This morning, Rio Grande Valley Sector agents working near Fronton, Texas, seized more than 390 pounds of marijuana after smugglers abandoned the narcotics and fled to Mexico. The marijuana has an estimated worth of $312K.

In addition, over the last few days, Border Patrol agents seized over 1079 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $863K, in multiple incidents.

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