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Uvalde Border Patrol Checkpoint Nets $336,000 Cocaine Cache

Del Rio, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Uvalde Station seized $336,000 worth of cocaine Saturday after

finding the narcotics hidden in a car. Shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday, a 2003 Pontiac Aztec approached the Highway 90 immigration checkpoint near Uvalde. While

agents were conducting routine immigration inspections, a Border Patrol canine alerted to the possible presence of

contraband in the vehicle. An intensive search revealed four packages hidden in the tailgate of the vehicle. The packages

contained a total of 10.5 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $336,000. The driver, an 18-year-old Del Rio man, was

turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for federal prosecution.

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