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100 pounds of marijuana seized in Brownsville
Posted: 11.27.2009 at 7:35 PM
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Read more: Local, Crime, Edwin Manuel Victoria Garcia, Marijuana, Ford Taurus, Gateway International Bridge, Customs and Border Protection, Customs, Cbp, Brownsville, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Mexico

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Almost 100 pounds of marijuana is off the streets after customs officers find almost 100 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a car.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested Edwin Manuel Victoria-Garcia on Wednesday.

CBP officers at the Gateway International Bridge allegedly found 93.25 pounds of marijuana in the rocker panels and gas tank of his 2000 Ford Taurus.

Victoria-Garcia allegedly told customs officers that he was going to get paid $4,000 dollars to deliver the marijuana to Dallas.

The accused drug smuggler appeared before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Ronald Morning in Brownsville on Friday morning.

Judge Morgan ordered that Victoria-Garcia remain in custody without bond until a hearing on Tuesday.

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