CBP at Pharr International Bridge Seize Nearly $2 Million in Narcotics

[U S Border Patrol]

Pharr, Texas -Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Pharr International Bridge arrested a man from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico in connection with a foiled smuggling attempt of cocaine worth approximately $1,871,000."We see all kinds of smuggling techniques utilized by drug trafficking organizations in their attempts to introduce contraband into our country and our officers continuously step up to the plate and halt these smugglers from continuing on their illicit journeys," said Efrain Solis Jr. (more)

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