A Florida man behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after being caught trying to smuggle more than $663,000 dollars worth of heroin into the United States.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested 40-year-old Carmelo Trujillo-Estrada under federal drug charges Monday.
Trujillo-Estrada drove up from Mexico at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in a Toyota Corolla.
Customs officers allegedly found five bricks with 8.2 pounds of heroin inside a metal box inside his car.
The drugs are reportedly worth more than $663,143 dollars
Trujillo-Estrada appeared before U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Peter Ormsby in McAllen on Tuesday.
The 40-year-old man is a Mexican national but with permanent legal residency in Dade City, Florida.
Judge Ormsby denied bond for Trujillo-Estrada until a Friday morning hearing.
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