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Smugglers abandon $1 million worth of marijuana in Starr County
Comments 0 | Recommend 0STARR COUNTY -- Border Patrol agents seized more than $1 million worth of marijuana Wednesday night near Los Barreras.
The agents spotted a group of smugglers carrying bundles away from the Rio Grande, the U.S. Border Patrol said in a news release.
When the agents approached the subjects, they dropped their load and fled south toward Mexico.
Agents searched the immediate area and found 16 bundles of marijuana. The drugs weighed about 1,304 pounds.
The drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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