As part of the state’s Operation Lone Star border security operation, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers pulled down a truck and found over 200 pounds of cocaine, the agency announced on Friday.
Weslaco, a border town, saw the capture of 98 kilograms, or 216 pounds, of cocaine on Tuesday.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) claimed on Friday that when officers halted a tractor-trailer, “they discovered 90 cellophane-wrapped bundles of cocaine concealed inside a pallet of dried goods in the cargo area.”
The agency stated that the estimated street value of the pills is $2 million.
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Three AR-15 weapons and an AK-47 were allegedly discovered by DPS Criminal Investigations Division agents when they went to a McAllen residence.
Christian Martinez Caudillo, Tania Rodriguez-Hernandez, and Francisco Marquez-Carretero were taken into custody and lodged in the Hidalgo County Jail. They are all residents of Mission, Texas.
Their production and distribution of a controlled substance puts them in criminal prosecution.
The Texas National Guard, Texas DPS troopers, and guard soldiers from other states along the border are all part of Operation Lone Star, a state-funded border security project launched in 2021 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
