More than $2M in marijuana seized at Texas-Mexico border

LAREDO (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents working at the I-35 checkpoint seized more than $2 million in marijuana on Nov. 3. 

A service dog sniffed out 156 bundles of narcotics hidden inside a tractor trailer, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Agents then found the marijuana during a secondary inspection of the trailer. 

when a tractor trailer approached the primary inspection lane. A service canine alerted to the trailer and was referred to secondary for further inspection. Agents discovered numerous bundles inside the trailer. 

The driver and passenger were taken into border patrol custody.  

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