The driver of a van containing almost 220 kilograms of illegal cannabis opted to flee border patrol, kicking off a vehicle pursuit, before driving into the Rio Grande and swimming to Mexico.
After the fleeing Silverado drove through a fence, it struck a border patrol vehicle before driving into the Rio Grande. The driver was seen going into Mexico.
Though he evaded capture, the driver left behind 22 bundles of cannabis valued at $516,000.
CBP reports its Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector has seized more than 9,525 kilograms of narcotics from Oct. 1, 2021, through Mar. 2022.
That is a significant haul of drugs. The US Drug Enforcement Administration notes in a recent report that “Mexico remains the most significant foreign source for marijuana in the United States; however, in U.S. markets, Mexican marijuana has largely been supplanted by domestic-produced marijuana.”
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