400 pounds of cocaine from a pickup truck on the banks of the Rio Grande

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than 400 pounds of cocaine from a pickup truck on the banks of the Rio Grande.
Agency officials estimate the street value of the drugs at more than $15 million, according to a news release from the U.S. Border Patrol.
Agents responded to a report of suspicious activity Friday south of Donna. They spotted several people loading bundles onto a green pickup truck parked on the riverbank. Agents tried to stop the truck as the driver headed for Military Highway. The driver sped away from agents toward the river.
Agents caught up to the truck, and they say several people swimming across the river into Mexico, agency officials said.
Authorities searched the truck and found the bulk of cocaine. No arrests were made in connection with the seizure.
The seizure marks one of several made in recent months. From Oct. 1, 2007 to New Year’s Eve, agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector seized 1,473.75 pounds of cocaine, which has an estimated street value of more than $47 million, agency officials said.

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