MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection offers say they seized over $550,000 of cocaine in two separate incidents at the Hidalgo International Bridge.
On Thursday, Feb. 23, agents at the Anzalduas International Bridge inspected a blue Pontiac sedan crossing into the U.S. from Mexico.
According to the release, agents discovered six packages of alleged cocaine weighing 13.80 pounds hidden in the car.
A short time later, agents say they found 12 packages of cocaine hidden in a gold Ford Explorer crossing the same bridge.
The drugs weighed nearly 29 pounds. The drugs from both seizures had a street value of $571,000.
