{"id":9634,"date":"2021-09-01T06:10:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T06:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci028c1d20300025a2"},"modified":"2021-09-01T06:10:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T06:10:37","slug":"officers-seize-over-3-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/09\/01\/officers-seize-over-3-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICERS SEIZE OVER $3 MILLION IN METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>$3,066,900 in methamphetamine and cocaine were&nbsp;intercepted&nbsp;in two separate smuggling attempts in Hidalgo, Texas.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4168-kg-cocaine-courtesy-hidalgo-cbp82421.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Aug. 24, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered a Ford F-150 truck at the&nbsp;Hidalgo International Bridge arriving from Mexico driven by an 18-year-old male U.S. citizen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A officer referred the truck for further inspection, which included utilizing non-intrusive imaging equipment and screening by a canine team. After physically inspecting the truck conveyance, officers discovered 91.88 pounds of cocaine concealed within the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, on Aug. 25, 2021, officers assigned to the Hidalgo International Bridge encountered a Dodge Journey. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of 168.45 pounds of methamphetamine concealed within the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Officers seized the narcotics and vehicles. Both drivers were arrested and the cases remain under investigation by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of dollars in cocaine and meth were found on a Ford F-150 truck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[162,129,93,99,108,96,103,107,370,371,85,68],"class_list":["post-9634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drugs","tag-cocaine","tag-deadly-drugs","tag-drug-arrest","tag-drug-carriers","tag-drug-cartel","tag-drug-haul","tag-drug-truck","tag-drugs","tag-meth","tag-methamphetamine","tag-million-dollar-drug-bust","tag-trucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}