{"id":2023272,"date":"2023-09-06T11:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-seize-over-1-5-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine-trafficked-from-mexico\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:30:07","slug":"authorities-seize-over-1-5-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine-trafficked-from-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-seize-over-1-5-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine-trafficked-from-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.5 million worth of methamphetamine and cocaine seized by authorities from Mexico."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fauthorities-seize-over-1-5-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine-trafficked-from-mexico%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=2023272&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>CBP Seizes $1.5\u2062 Million Worth \u2062of\u2064 Cocaine and Methamphetamine<\/h2>\n<p>United States Customs\u200d and Border \u2064Protection\u2062 has successfully intercepted\u200d a major drug trafficking attempt from Mexico, \u2063seizing \u200bover $1.5 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine. This significant bust\u200b is a testament to the dedication\u2064 and expertise of our CBP officers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;These\u2063 harmful narcotics will not make it to American streets thanks to our CBP officers who used all available tools\u200c and \u2063resources to stop this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deadly-incident-at-rio-grande-amid-bidens-lax-border-policies\/\" title=\"Deadly incident at Rio Grande amid Biden\u2019s lax border policies\">smuggling attempt<\/a>,&#8221; emphasized\u2064 Hidalgo\/Pharr\/Anzalduas\u200b Port of Entry \u2062Director\u200d Carlos Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The operation took place at the Hidalgo \u200cInternational Bridge, where \u200dCBP officers encountered\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/authorities-seize-over-1-5-million-in-methamphetamine-and-cocaine-trafficked-from-mexico\/\" title=\".5 million worth of methamphetamine and cocaine seized by authorities from Mexico.\">suspicious\u2064 black sports \u2064utility vehicle arriving<\/a> from Mexico. Acting swiftly,\u200c a CBP officer referred the vehicle \u2064for further\u2063 inspection, \u200dutilizing advanced non-intrusive inspection equipment and\u2063 the assistance\u2064 of a highly trained canine team.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CBP release, \u2064the physical inspection of the vehicle revealed a shocking \u200bdiscovery.\u200d Concealed \u200dwithin the vehicle\u2062 were 38 packages weighing 94.22 pounds of alleged cocaine\u200c and 12\u200d packages weighing 27.51 pounds of alleged methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Field Operations, part of CBP, took immediate control of both the \u200bvehicle and\u2063 the\u200b narcotics. Additionally, the\u2063 driver was apprehended \u200dby Homeland Security\u200c Investigations, ensuring that justice will be\u200c served.<\/p>\n<p>This successful \u2062operation serves as a reminder of the unwavering commitment of CBP \u200bin \u2062safeguarding our borders and protecting our \u200ccommunities from \u200dthe devastating effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-sees-biggest-fentanyl-bust-in-sheriffs-office-history\/\" title=\"Largest Fentanyl Bust Ever in Portland Sheriff's Office\">drug \u2063trafficking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#\">HALEY USES RAMASWAMY AS 2024 FOIL\u2064 IN FOREIGN POLICY FEUD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE \u200bFROM THE\u200d WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Customs and Border Protection confiscated over $1.5 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine being smuggled from Mexico. The CBP officers effectively halted this trafficking operation, ensuring that these dangerous drugs won&#8217;t reach American communities. Their diligent use of resources and tools played a crucial role in preventing this smuggling attempt at Hidalgo\/Pharr\/Anzalduas Port.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2023273,"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-2023272","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\/2023272","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=2023272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}