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Hidalgo police foil drug smuggling attempt

by Sergio Chapa

Posted: 10.12.2010 at 12:55 PM

Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

Hidalgo police said they have foiled a possible drug smuggling attempt at a river levee on the city's eastside.

It all happened on a levee between South McColl and Jackson Roads around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Details were not immediately available but Hidaglo police confirmed that the incident involved narcotics.

Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety state troopers were called to the scen for assistance.

Action 4 News will post more information as it becomes available.

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