Border Patrol Seizes More Than $400K in Alleged Cocaine in Two Enforcement Actions

Brownsville Cocaine

Officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas have seized two shipments, possibly cocaine valued at more than $400,000, the agency announced Wednesday.

On Monday, CBP intercepted a 31-year-old Mexican attempting to enter the U.S. at the Veterans International Bridge in Texas. CBP referred the vehicle to secondary inspection, where a canine unit and a non-intrusive inspection system (NII) revealed nine suspicious packages concealed in the vehicle.

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