{"id":1995333,"date":"2023-08-09T12:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:37:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:37:46","slug":"border-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Border agents confiscate $3.8M in cocaine crossing Texas border."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1995333&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Border Agents\u2062 Seize $3.8 Million \u200cWorth of Cocaine \u200cin Daring Operation<\/h2>\n<p>In\u2063 a thrilling operation, border agents intercepted a group of daring\u200b smugglers attempting to cross the Texas \u200dborder, resulting in the \u2063seizure\u2063 of over $3.8 million worth \u2062of cocaine. The\u2063 incident took place in the\u2063 Rio Grande City area\u200d on Monday evening, showcasing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-house-members-vote-against-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-citing-further-racial-division-in-the-country\/\" title=\"GOP House Members Vote Against Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday, Citing Further \u2018Racial Division\u2019 In The Country\">relentless efforts<\/a> of Rio Grande Valley Sector\u2062 Border Patrol agents, \u200din\u200b collaboration with \u2064the Texas \u200cDepartment of Public Safety and the \u200cTexas Parks and \u200cWildlife Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As the \u200bvehicle traveled away \u200cfrom the river, agents\u2064 responded to the area,\u200b and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-agents-seize-3-8-million-worth-of-cocaine-streaming-across-texas-border\/\" title=\"Border agents confiscate .8M in cocaine crossing Texas border.\">suspect driver turned south stopping<\/a> near\u200b the riverbank,&#8221; the release\u200d read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lyft-driver-with-concealed-carry-opens-fire-foils-alleged-carjacking\/\" title=\"Lyft Driver with Concealed Carry Opens Fire, Foils Alleged Carjacking\">driver exited<\/a> \u200dthe vehicle and was observed swimming into Mexico. In the abandoned truck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-hospitalized-after-smuggling-boat-capsizes-in-calif\/\" title=\"8 hospitalized after smuggling boat capsizes in Calif.\">agents discovered<\/a> two nylon sacks\u200c containing 50 bricks \u200dof\u2063 suspected\u200d narcotics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The seized drugs weighed a staggering 121 pounds, with an \u2063estimated\u200b street\u200d value \u2064exceeding $3.8 million. This remarkable haul was\u200d promptly handed over to the\u200c Drug Enforcement Administration, ensuring \u200bthat these\u200d dangerous substances would not reach our\u2062 communities.<\/p>\n<h3>Commending\u2062 the Heroic Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>Chief\u200c Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez \u2063expressed her admiration for \u200dthe\u200b outstanding work of the Border Patrol agents and their\u2063 state \u2062partners\u2062 in\u2062 safeguarding our communities from\u200b the perils of illicit\u2064 drugs. Their dedication and bravery serve as a \u2063shining \u200bexample of the unwavering commitment\u2063 to keeping our borders\u200b secure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to \u2062read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border agents in Texas seized over $3.8 million worth of cocaine from smugglers crossing the border. The operation took place in the Rio Grande City area on Monday evening. Collaborating with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents successfully intercepted the illicit delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1995334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1995334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}