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La Rosita, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents working near La Rosita, Texas, intercepted 1,157 pounds of marijuana yesterday. The contraband has an estimated value of nearly $1 million.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City Station responded to a suspicious vehicle leaving the riverbank at a high rate of speed. The driver of the vehicle made some abrupt turns in an attempt to evade the agents and later abandoned the white pick-up truck in front of a residence in La Rosita, Texas.

As agents approached the vehicle, they observed numerous bundles of marijuana in the bed of the truck. A search of the abandoned truck revealed a total of 1,157 pounds of marijuana, valued at nearly 1 million dollars. The contraband was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in McAllen, Texas.

To report suspicious activity, contact the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sectors’ toll free telephone number at 1-800-863-9382.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.