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CBP Officers Seize 300 Packages of Alleged Marijuana at Veterans’ International Bridge Facility

CBP officers seized 300 packages of what is thought to be $613,600 worth of marijuana from a tractor-trailer at the Veteran’s International Bridge facility at the Brownsville Port of Entry on Aug. 16, CBP said. Upon examination at cargo secondary,…

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CBP officers found 300 packages, with a total combined weight of nearly 613.6 pounds of the alleged substance, hidden within farm equipment being imported on the flatbed trailer. The narcotics and tractor-trailer were seized, and the 29-year-old male driver was turned over to Homeland Security Investigators.