Originally posted by Vulcan
You've been watching to much Miami Vice again.
originally posted by rabbidrabbit
heh, I was thinking the same thing... what percentage of officers ever made a 100k bust never mind 1mill...
http://leehiphopshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=5920Oct 5, 2005, 06:52 PM MDT
EL PASO, TX. - Officials with the West Texas Stash House unit make another large drug bust, this time in the Upper Valley. Officers found 961 pounds of marijuana at a house in the 4200 block of Hookheath..
Officers arrested two men, 30-year-old Edgar Ochoa and 31-year-old Jaime Diaz. Both men are charged with Possession of Marijuana. Officials tell ABC-7 that the value of the pot is more than
$700,000Both men are being held at the El Paso County Jail under bonds of $100,000 each.
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SOCORRO, TX. - Border Patrol agents in Fabens and officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in El Paso siezed more than 7,525 of marijuana from a vehicle and suspected "stash house" in the Lower Valley.
Officials tell ABC-7 that the seizure occurred when Border Patrol agents conducted an immigration stop on a van on Texas Highway 20, west of the Ysleta Port of Entry. The driver brought the van to an abrupt halt and attempted to flee on foot toward the Rio Grande levee.
After a short foot chase, the subject was apprehended. The subject told agents that the van contained marijuana. A subsequent search of the van revealed approximately 2,300 pounds of marijuana.
Working with information from the Texas DPS, agents suspected that this seizure was only part of a larger stash of narcotics. Border Patrol agents and DPS Narcotics officers went to a home in Socorro. Officers theorized that the van left the home earlier in the day.
At the house, four males attempted to flee but were apprehended on the property. Once agents investigated the home, more drugs were found. The drugs found in the home had the same markings as those found in the van earlier the same day.
Agents seized approximately 5,225 pounds of marijuana from the home. Officers tell ABC-7 that the four men, the van and druges were transported to the Texas DPS office where the green leafy substance was weighed and tested positive to marijuana.
The estimated value of the seized drugs is more than $6 million. To date, in fiscal year 2005, agents in the El Paso Sector have made 1,154 drug seizures, valued at approximately $151 million.