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A Matamoros man is behind bars after he allegedly tried to smuggle more about $468,000 dollars worth of meth on Easter Sunday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested Eleazar Garcia-Flores under federal drug charges on Sunday.

Customs officers told Action 4 News that 22-year-old man drove up from Mexico at Brownsville's B&M International Bridge in a Ford Ranger.

Authorities allegedly found 22 packages with about 31.2 pounds of methamphetamines hidden in the back wall of the truck.

Court records show that Garcia-Flores appeared before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Ronald Morgan in Brownsville on Monday morning.

Judge Morgan denied bond for Garcia-Flores until a Thursday afternoon hearing.