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7 tons of marijuana - 12/29/06 07:04 PM
Houston police, working on an anonymous tip, seized more than 7 tons of marijuana and charged a truck driver with drug trafficking.
Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's deputies said the suspect was driving from a warehouse at night but with the vehicle's headlights off, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
They searched the truck and allegedly found a small amount of cocaine and marijuana. An additional 502 bundles of marijuana were found in wooden crates in the warehouse, police said. Officials estimated the confiscated drugs have an street value of $25 million to $40 million.
"I've never seen a load of marijuana as big as this," Harris County Sheriff's Lt. J.D. Glesmann told the Chronicle.
"They were probably going to break it down into smaller loads and then transport them, probably through Atlanta, and to the East Coast," said Stan Furce, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent and current head of the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area office in Houston.
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Harris County, Texas, Sheriff's deputies said the suspect was driving from a warehouse at night but with the vehicle's headlights off, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday.
They searched the truck and allegedly found a small amount of cocaine and marijuana. An additional 502 bundles of marijuana were found in wooden crates in the warehouse, police said. Officials estimated the confiscated drugs have an street value of $25 million to $40 million.
"I've never seen a load of marijuana as big as this," Harris County Sheriff's Lt. J.D. Glesmann told the Chronicle.
"They were probably going to break it down into smaller loads and then transport them, probably through Atlanta, and to the East Coast," said Stan Furce, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent and current head of the High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area office in Houston.
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