Customs officers in Texas found about two dozen packages of cocaine worth more than $380,000 on a commercial bus from Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection field officers seized a significant amount of drugs in Rome, Texas International BridgeThis is stated in the message of the agency.
Rome lies along the Rio Grande in South Texas, about 50 miles northwest of McAllen.
The confiscation occurred on Saturday, August 12, when CBP officers collided with a commercial bus arriving from Mexico that was being sent for a non-intrusive screening and dog inspection system.
As a result of the procedure, 22 bags containing a total of 49.34 pounds of alleged cocaine were found on the bus.the cost of which exceeds $380,000, according to CBP.
The statement said National Security Special Agents are investigating the seizure.
Since October 2022, the agency has seized over 65,000 pounds of cocaine.CBP data show.
A few days ago, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers managed to seize another consignment of cocaine hidden among a shipment of nopales at a border checkpoint in Arizona.
This was announced by Port Director in Nogales, Arizona, Michael W. Humphreys through his social media, where he indicated that in total they amounted to 116 kilos of cocaine at the Maripos stand.
According to the official, immigration agents conducted a routine search of the back of a truck and, Dozens of packages of drugs were found among the boxes of nopales.
The driver of the truck carrying the nopales and the seized drugs was turned over to the US federal authorities for an investigation to determine to which criminal group the illegal shipment belonged.
Seizures of fentanyl at points of entry in Arizona are up 161% in the last 10 months compared to FY 2022. making this state the location where 58% of the total amount of this drug is seized that the drug cartels are trying to smuggle into the United States across the southern border.
“During this fiscal year, we have experienced a dramatic increase in fentanyl seizures at ports of entry in Arizona,” said Michael Humphreys, Director of Nogales Port of Entry for Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
In the current fiscal year 2023, from October 1 to July, according to the federal agency, Approximately 12,000 pounds (5,443 kg) of fentanyl were seized at ports of entry in Arizona.
This figure represents a 161% increase from 4,597 pounds (2,085 kg) seized at ports of entry in Arizona in FY 2022.
However, that number is sure to rise as fiscal 2023 is just a few weeks away.
Source: La Opinion
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