Federal brokers seized greater than $700,000 price of cocaine on the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities announced Friday.
The Customs and Border Safety stated subject operations members on Thursday “intercepted” 37 packages of the drug, weighing greater than 92 kilos, hidden inside a white Chevrolet van crossing the Hidalgo Worldwide Bridge.
The bridge connects the Rio Grande and Mexican state of Tamaulipas, according to CNN.
The narcotics had been valued at $715,00, in keeping with CBP.
“Our CBP officers stay vigilant and depend on their expertise and all obtainable instruments and sources to thwart this smuggling try,” stated Carlos Rodriguez, director of the Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry.
CBP’s Workplace of Discipline Operations seized each the cocaine and the automotive, and the case is being investigated by particular brokers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Safety Investigations, CBS stated.

The seizure comes after final month smugglers took an SUV loaded with almost 650 pounds of marijuana throughout the river separating Texas from Mexico in a failed smuggling try.