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| Mexican Truck Driver Arrested for Smuggling 300 Pounds of Meth into Texas Port of Entry | |
| 2025-06-22 | |
Texas Governor Greg Abbott posted photos of the seized drugs and the driver who was arrested by DPS troopers earlier this week. The photos show nearly 400 bundles of the highly addictive drug that CBP Office of Field Operations officers found during an inspection at the Pharr Port of Entry. Should've been able to smell it CBP officers conducted a commercial vehicle inspection on a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer as the driver approached from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, according to an article posted on the governor’s website. The officers referred the driver to a secondary inspection station and contacted Texas DPS special agents after discovering a false compartment in the trailer. A search of the compartment led to the discovery of more than 390 bundles that tested positive for meth. The DPS agents seized the drugs and arrested 28-year-old Luis Fernando Sarinana Matias, a Mexican national from Reynosa. Officials estimated the street value of the meth to be more than $2.4 million. The driver is charged with possession of a controlled substance. Additional or more severe charges will likely be filed. In March, CBP officers seized another load of methamphetamine at the same border crossing point. A CBP K-9 alerted to the possible presence of drugs during a secondary inspection and discovered 960 packages containing nearly 300 pounds of the illicit drug. Officers seized the drugs and turned them and the driver over to ICE Homeland Security Investigations. Related: Texas Department of Public Safety: 2025-06-14 Blue city joins LA chaos as anti-ICE agitators injure officers in violent riots Texas Department of Public Safety: 2025-05-27 Three more escaped New Orleans inmates captured as manhunt continues for last 2 fugitives Texas Department of Public Safety: 2025-04-28 Texas troopers continue to find missing children, arrest ‘most wanted' criminals from border crisis Related: Reynosa: 2025-03-14 New Cartel Killing Field Discovered in Mexico Just South of Texas Border Reynosa: 2025-01-29 US Border War - IEDs Were Found - US Issues 'Do Not Travel' Warning For Several US–Mexico Border Areas Reynosa: 2024-09-14 Mexican government buses migrants to US border as illegal immigration becomes top election issue Related: Tamaulipas: 2025-05-14 Mexican mayoral candidate Yesenia Lara Gutierrez killed ahead of June 1 elections, US visa bans for 8 more Mexican pols Tamaulipas: 2025-03-26 Illegal immigrant in Texas who purchased thousands of rounds for Mexican drug cartel gets 5 years in prison Tamaulipas: 2025-03-14 New Cartel Killing Field Discovered in Mexico Just South of Texas Border | |
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