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More than $3.4 million in heroin seized by border patrol agents in Texas

HIDALGO, Texas — Two U.S. citizens were busted Monday in separate incidents transporting heroin worth more than $3.4 million from Mexico, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection field operations office in Hidalgo, Texas.

According to CBP officials, both men are residents of Pharr, Texas.

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The first incident involved an unidentified 21-year-old man returning from Mexico in a Ford F-150. Officers discovered 15 packages of suspected heroin, weighing nearly 34 pounds, concealed within the pickup truck. The drugs are worth an estimated $918,000.

Meanwhile, the second incident occurred later in the evening after authorities searched a Chevrolet Malibu driven by an unidentified 19-year-old man and discovered 24 packages of suspected heroin, weighing nearly 92 pounds, concealed within the vehicle’s tires. The drugs are worth an estimated $2.5 million.

Both the narcotics and vehicles were seized by border patrol agents, and the drivers were placed in the custody of Homeland Security Investigations.

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