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Major Marijuana Bust in the Rio Grande Valley
Customs and Border Protection ^ | September 2, 2019 | Customs and Border Protection

Posted on 09/05/2019 2:08:24 PM PDT by BeauBo

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized over 1,200 pounds of marijuana in a single incident.

Late Monday evening, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Special Operations Detachment working near Fronton, Texas, observed several subjects carrying bundles of narcotics across the Rio Grande. As agents approached, the smugglers abandoned the bundles and fled to Mexico. A search of the area resulted in the seizure of over 1,200 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated street value of $979K.

Additionally, over the past three days, agents stopped five marijuana smuggling attempts resulting in the arrest of six narcotic smugglers and the seizure of over 930 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $745K.

Border Patrol will process all subjects accordingly.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbp.gov ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: borderwall; cannabis; cartel; fronton; marijuana; pot; wod
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This is near the area where about 50 shots were fired at a Border Patrol boat (Fronton, Texas), by Mexican narcos.

It is also where some of the first new border barrier in the Rio Grande Valley is about to break ground.

1 posted on 09/05/2019 2:08:24 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo

EL QUESTIONE:

WHO the hell uses all these drugs??

I mean—I certainly don’t.

Is it white straight christian amish scum, or what???


2 posted on 09/05/2019 2:10:02 PM PDT by RArtfulogerDodger (peace, Love, and Joy To All, Especially Obama and Democrats)
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To: BeauBo

[As agents approached, the smugglers abandoned the bundles and fled to Mexico.]

They’re just doing the jobs Americans refuse to do. /W

They did it out of love. /Jeb!


3 posted on 09/05/2019 2:13:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BeauBo

HOORAY Customs and Border Patrol/Protection.


4 posted on 09/05/2019 2:14:01 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: BeauBo

I can’t believe anyone still even smokes Mexican weed.

Bleckh!


5 posted on 09/05/2019 2:15:22 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

“WHO the hell uses all these drugs??”

Marijuana use is widespread, geographically and demographically.

It is not just in the cities, and not just among the young. Per capita, it is higher among some groups, but found in most groups.


6 posted on 09/05/2019 2:15:47 PM PDT by BeauBo
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As agents approached, the smugglers abandoned the bundles and fled to Mexico...

The fact that they were not shot dead on the spot is the problem.
7 posted on 09/05/2019 2:16:17 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

Good point. And we were assured that demand for black market pot would drop off once local “legal” supplies were established.


8 posted on 09/05/2019 2:17:11 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: BeauBo

Illegal Mexican MJ cheaper than legal American MJ? I thought if we just legalized it, the cartels would shrivel up.


9 posted on 09/05/2019 2:18:02 PM PDT by umgud
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To: chris37; RArtfulogerDodger

Maybe you have some insight into this question from post #2:

“WHO the hell uses all these drugs??”


10 posted on 09/05/2019 2:18:11 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: RArtfulogerDodger

Weed? I have smelled it in the halls of Congress, literally. That’s like asking who drinks alcohol.


11 posted on 09/05/2019 2:18:11 PM PDT by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: BeauBo

Three draws of marijuana (legal) saved me last night from a trip to the ER for at least the 11th time (quiets a type of spasm immediately). The hospital would do an injection of Valium to accomplish the same thing.


12 posted on 09/05/2019 2:20:23 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: BeauBo

California has a very highly developed LEGAL pot biz, yet black market pot still comes in:

Isn’t that amazing..?

Not it isn’t.

Cuz while the authorities did plan to impose a tax, they have instead PLUNDERED the biz and are now weighing it down with all manner of onerous regulations.

Yes, they eff up whatever they touch.

THAT is why we still have these smugglers.


13 posted on 09/05/2019 2:22:31 PM PDT by gaijin
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I have no idea.

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, the answer would have been almost everyone who smokes.

But then kine bud became a thing, and Mexican weed seemed to disappear. No one I know who smokes would even smoke it if it was free.


14 posted on 09/05/2019 2:25:05 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: chris37

What’s kine bud?


15 posted on 09/05/2019 2:28:17 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
Marijuana disposal experts are on the way, well sorta!
16 posted on 09/05/2019 2:29:32 PM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: BeauBo

17 posted on 09/05/2019 2:29:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BeauBo

Maui wowie?


18 posted on 09/05/2019 2:30:39 PM PDT by Rio
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To: BeauBo

That’s the good stuff.

High grade MJ that most smokers smoke today, sold in the legal stores and such.


19 posted on 09/05/2019 2:30:42 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: gaijin

All that, and yet the Border Patrol receives ZERO funding from the many state and local taxes to bigfoot the competition???

Therefore:
The United States Border Patrol should be allowed to maintain a retail duty-free operation as a cost-saving measure.


20 posted on 09/05/2019 2:32:58 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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