DPS stop yields $7 million cocaine seizure in Texarkana

Texas State Troopers seized $7 million in cocaine, allegedly on its way to Chicago, during a traffic stop near Texarkana on March 4. SLIDESHOW: Biggest drug busts on the Texas-Mexico border Texas State Troopers seized $7 million in cocaine, allegedly on its way to Chicago, during a traffic stop near Texarkana on March 4. SLIDESHOW: Biggest drug busts on the Texas-Mexico border Photo: Texas Department Of Public Safety Photo: Texas Department Of Public Safety Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close DPS stop yields $7 million cocaine seizure in Texarkana 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

Texas State Troopers seized $7 million in cocaine, allegedly on its way to Chicago, during a traffic stop near Texarkana on March 4.

At about 3:30 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2017 Ford Mustang traveling north on U.S. 59 for a traffic violation.

A K-9 unit unit was called to the scene and found 123 pounds of cocaine in the trunk of the Mustang.

Bricio Alegandro Vasquez, 28, of Brownsville, was arrested and charged with felony cocaine possession. Hewas booked into the Cass County Jail.

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