Border Patrol seizes more than $2.1 million in cocaine in South Texas

Border Patrol agents arrested a pickup driver at the Falfurrias checkpoint Sunday afternoon after they found 65 pounds of cocaine stashed in a truck, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol agents arrested a pickup driver at the Falfurrias checkpoint Sunday afternoon after they found 65 pounds of cocaine stashed in a truck, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Image 1 of / 59 Caption Close Border Patrol seizes more than $2.1 million in cocaine in South Texas 1 / 59 Back to Gallery

Border Patrol agents arrested a pickup driver at the Falfurrias checkpoint Sunday afternoon after they found 65 pounds of cocaine stashed in a truck, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

According to the news release, a police service dog alerted agents to a gray pickup truck. Upon a second inspection, officers found two dozen bundles of the drug hidden in the vehicle's quarter panels.

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The bundles tested positive for cocaine and the Border Patrol arrested an adult male and seized the truck. The drugs have an estimated street value of $2.1 million.