HIDALGO— U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges thwarted three attempts to smuggle a combined $385,300 worth of alleged cocaine and methamphetamine in one day.
“These three interceptions of hard narcotics are definitely significant as they prevented dangerous drugs from crossing our border and possibly causing harm to innocent people,” said Carlos Rodriguez, Port Director, Hidalgo/Pharr/ Anzalduas.
On March 9, 2020, CBP officers assigned to the Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge referred a 19-year-old man, a U.S. citizen from Pharr, Texas and the 2011 Chevy Impala he was driving for further inspection. In secondary,