Border Patrol agents confiscate more than 10 tons of pot
EDINBURG - Border Patrol agents were able to confiscate more than 10 tons of marijuana in multiple seizures throughout the Rio Grande Valley Sector over the past three days.
The largest of the drug seizures occurred Tuesday when agents received information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations about a ranch near El Sauz that possibly contained a large cache of marijuana.
The agents went to the ranch and followed footprints into the brush. They found more than 6,000 pounds of marijuana. Shortly after discovering the drugs, the agents heard a vehicle enter the ranch and saw two men approaching their location. The agents identified themselves to the men, at which time the pair fled. After a brief foot pursuit both men were apprehended.
The marijuana and the two men, who are Mexican nationals, were turned over to ICE-Homeland Security Investigations.
