Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 7

Record-Setting Seven Ton Pot Seizure Found in Texas Trucks

HOUSTON, Texas – An ongoing multi-agency investigation headed by ICE led to the seizure of two semi-trucks loaded with 13,421 lbs. of marijuana and the arrest of one man March 14.

The investigation led ICE agents to a truck yard where they discovered 9,100 lbs. of marijuana inside one semi-truck. A search warrant obtained by ICE agents for the second truck resulted in seizing an additional 4,268 lbs. of marijuana.

“This investigation resulted in one of the largest marijuana seizures in Houston, if not in the state of Texas,” said Joseph R. Webber, ICE special agent-in-charge in Houston.

The street value of the seizure is in excess of $6 million. The marijuana was discovered hidden inside the drywall compartments and flat bed liners of the trucks. ICE agents believe the drugs are linked to a large scale smuggling organization that distributed narcotics from the Houston area to other cities throughout the United States. ICE in Houston is part of a multi-agency narcotics and money-laundering task force that also includes the Houston and Pasadena, Texas Police Departments, the Harris County, Texas Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Record-Setting Seven Ton Pot Seizure Found in Texas Trucks

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