Authorities seize more than $1.8M in meth, marijuana
By KTVT Staff
STARR COUNTY, Texas (KTVT) Narcotics smugglers continue to keep border patrol agents busy in Texas, where more than $1.8 million in drugs was seized over the weekend.
On Friday June 18, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station agents working in La Grulla responded to a call regarding suspicious activity south of La Cuchilla Street. Responding agents encountered ten migrants, including three children, one of them as young as three years old. Near the group of migrants, agents discovered more than 114 pounds of marijuana. They seized the marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $91K. All subjects were processed accordingly.
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Border Patrol Agents Seize Over 1,000 Pounds of Loco Weed
EDINBURG, TX – On Wednesday, Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents seized over 1,100 pounds of marijuana, valued at over $886K.
Early Wednesday morning, an agent from the Fort Brown (FTB) Border Patrol Station advised nearby agents that he had a visual of three subjects carrying bundles approaching the levee in Brownsville, TX. FTB agents responded to the area and seized three bundles of marijuana. While searching the area, the agents observed the three subjects return to Mexico. The weight of the marijuana was nearly 99 pounds with an estimated value $79K.
Shortly thereafter, on the other side of the Rio Grande Valley, Rio Grande City Border Patrol agents working near Garceno, Texas, noticed shoe prints leading into an area with thick vegetation. After following the shoe prints into the thicket, they discovered seven abandoned bundles of marijuana. An extensive search of the area, revealed no suspec
Updated: 1:01 PM PST, December 10, 2020
It took first-responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported.
It took first responders nearly six hours to rescue a young boy after he fell down a 44-foot well in Texas this week, according to reports. The 4-year-old boy fell into the well when he was with his parents in Garceno Wednesday, KVUE-TV reported.
“Any vibration, any wrong strike of a shovel, could cause more soil to fall into the hole where the victim was at,” assistant Mission Fire Chief Robert Alvarez said. “We used what is called a vector truck, [which] is a big truck with a vacuum system on it,” said Alvarez. “That’s what we used to start taking the dirt out.”