WASHINGTON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than 1,100 pounds of marijuana early Friday morning.
Customs agents said they saw a pickup truck driving away from the Rio Grande with bundles of marijuana in the bed. According to Customs and Border Protection, when the driver of the truck saw the agents, he made a quick U-turn and drove towards the river. Agents said they found the truck abandoned at the edge of the Rio Grande with the pot still in the bed.
The bust along the Rio Grande followed two other seizures of smaller loads of pot that brought the total seized Friday morning to nearly 2,000 pounds. Customs and Border Protection said the pot had a street value of more than $1.5 million. The marijuana will be turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
