Overview
- CBP officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility in Texas found 32 packages of suspected cocaine hidden inside the floor of an apparently empty commercial trailer.
- The trailer was crossing from Reynosa, Mexico, when nonintrusive scanning and a CBP canine alert led officers to conduct a physical inspection.
- Agents seized more than 83 pounds of suspected cocaine that CBP valued at about $1.11 million, along with the tractor and trailer.
- Homeland Security Investigations opened a criminal investigation into the seizure, and CBP secured the drugs and vehicle as evidence.
- DHS and CBP leaders pointed to the case as part of broader results, citing 11 months with no Border Patrol releases into the U.S. interior and March drug seizures topping 65,000 pounds, including 613 pounds of fentanyl.