{"id":9877,"date":"2021-07-16T22:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02884c31c0002548"},"modified":"2021-07-16T22:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:34:21","slug":"federal-agents-seize-75-million-worth-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/federal-agents-seize-75-million-worth-of-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE $75 MILLION WORTH OF DRUGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized hard narcotics in four separate, unrelated incidents that totaled over $75,000,000 in street value in Laredo, Texas.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlottealertsnews.com\/.image\/c_fit,h_600,w_600\/MTgyNDc5NTY4MTc3NzM0OTg0\/3-trukkll-blu.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p>The first enforcement action occurred on July 14, 2021 at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered an empty refrigerated trailer arriving from Mexico. The 2010 Freightliner was referred for a canine and non-intrusive imaging system inspection, resulting in the discovery of 3,740.36 pounds of methamphetamine within the trailer. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $74,806,487.<\/p>\n<p>The second seizure occurred on July 14th at the World Trade Bridge, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the cargo facility processed a daily express consignment truck with a shipment manifesting a toy car arriving from Mexico. The 2015 Freightliner and shipment were referred for a canine and non-intrusive imaging system inspection, resulting in the discovery of 5.68 pounds of heroin within the shipment. The narcotics combined had an estimated street value of $129,000.<\/p>\n<p>The third enforcement action occurred on July 15, 2021 at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge, after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer referred a 2017 Toyota Hiace arriving from Mexico for a secondary inspection. Following a canine and non-intrusive imaging system inspection, officers discovered a total of 17 packages containing 37.61 pounds of cocaine within the vehicle. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $291,720.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth enforcement action occurred on July 15, 2021 at the World Trade Bridge, after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered a truck hauling a shipment of leather seats arriving from Mexico. The 2019 Ford F-350 and shipment were referred for a canine and non-intrusive imaging system inspection, resulting in the discovery of 14 packages containing 38 pounds of marijuana within the shipment. The narcotics had an estimated street value of $7,760.<\/p>\n<p>The four interceptions have a combined street value of $75,234,967.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the narcotics, the van and one trailer in connection with the smuggling attempts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several drug busts totaled $75 million<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[162,105,96,107,612,104,85,89],"class_list":["post-9877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drugs","tag-cocaine","tag-drug-bust","tag-drug-haul","tag-drugs","tag-heroin","tag-marijuana","tag-million-dollar-drug-bust","tag-millionaire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9877","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=9877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}