November 14, 2008
CBP.gov
Laredo, Texas - Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North station disrupted an attempt to smuggle cocaine this morning.
Agents patrolling in Laredo became suspicious of a small white Chevrolet cargo van and attempted to stop the vehicle by activating the emergency lights on their marked patrol vehicle. The driver of the van did not stop.
A few minutes later the agents saw the van parked near an empty lot at the intersection of Garza and San Bernardo streets. Agents checked the van and saw no one inside or in the area immediately around the vehicle. Inside the van they found five cellophane-wrapped bundles.
The bundles contained cocaine with a total weight of 259.2 pounds and an estimated street value of $8.3 million.
The cocaine and the van were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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