{"id":43182,"date":"2021-06-29T13:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43182"},"modified":"2021-06-29T13:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T20:57:21","slug":"u-s-border-patrol-more-than-1-million-worth-of-marijuana-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43182","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Border Patrol: More Than $1 Million Worth of Marijuana Seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>EDINBURG, Texas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents stopped three drug smuggling attempts worth over a million dollars, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/smugglers-sentenced-for-leaving-pregnant-woman-to-die-in-mountain-wilderness\/u-s-mexico-border\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9554\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9554\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/U.S.-Mexico-Border-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/U.S.-Mexico-Border-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/U.S.-Mexico-Border.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Monday, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents working near Salineno, Texas, responded to a call regarding suspicious activity near the Rio Grande. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Responding agents encountered a group of about 20 narcotic smugglers.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The smugglers abandoned 14 bundles of marijuana and were observed going back into Mexico.\u00a0 The marijuana weighed approximately 1,040 pounds and is valued at more than $835,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/border-patrol-agent-charged-with-distributing-child-pornography\/borderpatrol\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34727 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/borderpatrol.png 763w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This morning, RGC All-Terrain Vehicle agents working near Rio Grande City, Texas, observed fresh footprints leading away from the river and into the United States.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Agents followed the footprints and encountered the smugglers, who immediately absconded back toward the river. 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