On May 14, Customs and Border Protection officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas stopped a 19-year-old Mexican woman behind the wheel of a gray 2001 Mazda Tribute. After showing the officers her passport, they referred to a secondary inspection because she was acting nervous. She was traveling from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, to Texas on a U.S. visa.
During the secondary inspection utilizing a non-intrusive imaging system, officers discovered packages concealed within the vehicle’s roof. The border patrol agents ripped open the roof and found 20 packages containing 23.16 kilos of cocaine and one package containing 1.8 kilos of heroin. The drugs are worth $2 million on the street. The unidentified woman was arrested and turned over to Homeland Security agents. The drugs and her car were also seized.







