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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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To: dhs12345

Funny part is I read an article a while back that said Colorado pot stores have a hard time keeping enough pot on hand for demand and the vendors buy Mexican pot and blend it to make the supply go farther. If that is true that would seem to actually increase demand for smuggled dope from Mexico.


21 posted on 09/05/2019 2:34:04 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: chris37

I did a search.

“Kine” is the Hawaiian word for “excellent”.


22 posted on 09/05/2019 2:36:06 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: BeauBo
... mean while in Canada, people complain about not enough stores selling pot ...🙈 👎
23 posted on 09/05/2019 2:36:40 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: umgud

Most people thought that. I didn’t think it would make a dent in the cartels because they are very diversified. They make money on human trafficking and smuggle every drug now not just pot. If pot had become legal before the cartels were allowed to get so organized and powerful I think that would have worked to solve a lot of the border issues. That was decades ago. Now the only thing that will work is a wall and strict enforcement of all of our laws.

The other issue is there are claims that it is hard to keep supply up with demand in areas where it is legal and some vendors are mixing Mexican pot in with other to make it go farther.


24 posted on 09/05/2019 2:38:49 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: BeauBo

Hah, I did not know that.

Makes sense though. First kine I ever smoked was when I was about 21-22, purely yellow weed, it was Acapulco Gold. I’ll never forget it, never came across it again.


25 posted on 09/05/2019 2:42:16 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: Tammy8

No, they don’t.

That wouldn’t fly for one second with anyone who knew what they were looking at.


26 posted on 09/05/2019 2:43:17 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: Tammy8

Seems risky though for a business that is being closely monitored to mix in illegal weed.


27 posted on 09/05/2019 2:50:51 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: chris37

Ah for the good old days of the 1970s when Mexican pot was laced with Parquet weed killer!

I still remember adds on Los Angeles TV offering a testing facility for pot.


28 posted on 09/05/2019 2:53:52 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SpaceBar

Their bosses might have taken care of that for them losing that much pot.


29 posted on 09/05/2019 2:56:01 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That sounds about as bad as lacing weed with nicotine!

I have seen Mexican weed laced with pcp though. Don’t want none of that.


30 posted on 09/05/2019 3:06:12 PM PDT by chris37 (Monday, March 25 2019 is Maga Day!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“Ah for the good old days of the 1970s when Mexican pot was laced with Parquet weed killer!

I still remember adds on Los Angeles TV offering a testing facility for pot”

Heck Paraquat was such a big issue that one of the local L.A. Rock DJ’s took on the name = Patrick “Paraquat” Kelly. He was with legendary and now gone KMET.


31 posted on 09/05/2019 3:09:36 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: chris37
I can’t believe anyone still even smokes Mexican weed.

Me either :D
32 posted on 09/05/2019 3:11:24 PM PDT by ssfromla
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Maybe we should just charge the cartels a tarrif and hen use the money to build the wall. All smuggled amJ can only be sold in states that legalized it.


33 posted on 09/05/2019 3:13:31 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: BeauBo

You rang..??


34 posted on 09/05/2019 3:13:46 PM PDT by dakine
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To: BeauBo

I’m really kind of surprised they still smuggle pot into this country.


35 posted on 09/05/2019 3:15:23 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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They should have gone further west and crossed into New Mexico, where Governor Lujan is doing all she can to protect the Cartel mules, (and any other illegal alien invaders)


36 posted on 09/05/2019 3:16:00 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: dakine

37 posted on 09/05/2019 3:16:35 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Robert DeLong

“I’m really kind of surprised they still smuggle pot into this country.”

At almost a million dollars for 1,200 pounds, they are getting over $800 a pound - better than growing avocados.

It is still criminalized in most of the country, so there’s a market.


38 posted on 09/05/2019 3:22:35 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: steve86

Drug warriors don’t want to hear that kind of crazy talk.


39 posted on 09/05/2019 3:26:31 PM PDT by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: BeauBo

Locally grown here in Oregon can’t get rid of it at $300 a pound. Market has crashed


40 posted on 09/05/2019 3:37:24 PM PDT by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
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