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CBP Field Operations seizes $2.9 million in narcotics

HIDALGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo and Anzalduas International Bridges arrested three persons after discovering $2,982,000 worth of alleged cocaine and methamphetamine concealed within the vehicles they were driving. “These interceptions of hard narcotics coincide with the current trend involving mostly methamphetamine being smuggled into our country,” said Port Director Carlos Rodriguez, Port of Hidalgo/Pharr/ Anzalduas. “People must realize that there are consequences for getting involved in these type of activities.” On Aug. 13, 2020, a CBP officer at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge referred a 21-year-old man from Palm view, Texas in a ...

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