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Border Patrol seizes marijuana, ammunition near Rio Grande City
Posted: 10.03.2011 at 7:06 PM
Sergio Chapa

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

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More than 600 pounds of marijuana and 80 ammunition magazines are off the streets after seizure near Rio Grande City.  

It all happened at a ranch outside city limits on Friday.

U.S. Border Patrol officials told Action 4 News that drug task force agents executed a search warrant the ranch.

Authorities found containers filled with marijuana and ammunition hidden inside containers that had been buried underground.

Agents found part of the marijuana hidden within the frame of a tractor-trailer.

A total of 600 pounds of marijuana and 80 ammunition magazines were found at the scene.

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