Big Bend Border Patrol Agents Seize Crystal Meth, Heroin In 3 Separate Busts
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: January 30, 2013
MARFA -- Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents seize crystal meth and heroin in 3 separate busts at West Texas checkpoints.
Agents at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint along found 3.76 pounds of crystal meth taped to an illegal immigrant's leg around 2:30 PM on January 27th.
The immigrant was reportedly on a commercial bus that was stopped at the checkpoint when the discovery was made.
The crystal meth -- worth $120,480 on the street -- was seized, and the man was taken into custody.
Agents at the U.S. 67 checkpoint south of Marfa then seized 8.5 pounds of crystal meth in a 1999 Buick LeSabre around 4 PM on January 27th.
A Border Patrol canine reportedly led agents to the drugs -- which were hidden in the car's floorboards.
Agents seized the meth -- which reportedly had a street value of $204,000 -- and they took the 22-year-old Indiana woman who was driving the car into custody.
Agents and a Border Patrol canine at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint also found 4.71 pounds of heroin in a bag on another commercial bus that was passing through the area around 9 PM on January 27th.
Agents seized the heroin -- which is reportedly worth $377,200 -- and they took the 47-year-old California man who the bag belonged to into custody.
The drugs were then turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for further investigation.
Agents at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint along found 3.76 pounds of crystal meth taped to an illegal immigrant's leg around 2:30 PM on January 27th.
The immigrant was reportedly on a commercial bus that was stopped at the checkpoint when the discovery was made.
The crystal meth -- worth $120,480 on the street -- was seized, and the man was taken into custody.
Agents at the U.S. 67 checkpoint south of Marfa then seized 8.5 pounds of crystal meth in a 1999 Buick LeSabre around 4 PM on January 27th.
A Border Patrol canine reportedly led agents to the drugs -- which were hidden in the car's floorboards.
Agents seized the meth -- which reportedly had a street value of $204,000 -- and they took the 22-year-old Indiana woman who was driving the car into custody.
Agents and a Border Patrol canine at the Sierra Blanca Checkpoint also found 4.71 pounds of heroin in a bag on another commercial bus that was passing through the area around 9 PM on January 27th.
Agents seized the heroin -- which is reportedly worth $377,200 -- and they took the 47-year-old California man who the bag belonged to into custody.
The drugs were then turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for further investigation.
