CBP officers at two Laredo Field Office ports of entry seized a combined $1.1 million in cocaine within a single day

CBP officers at two Laredo Field Office ports of entry seized a combined $1.1 million in cocaine within a single day and arrested both drivers Both seizures happened Friday, June 26. At the Roma International Bridge, an officer referred a 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe for a secondary inspection, and a canine and nonintrusive imaging system exam turned up 60.49 pounds of suspected cocaine hidden in the vehicle, worth $807,723. The same day, at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, officers ran a 2026 Toyota Sequoia through the same process and found 22.84 pounds of suspected cocaine worth $304,956. "These seizures, occurring simultaneously at different Laredo Field Office ports of entry, clearly demonstrate the persistent drug threat our officers confront daily. More importantly, they highlight our unwavering commitment to preventing this dangerous substance from reaching our communities," said Paul Del Rincon, acting director of field operations for the Laredo Field Office. CBP seized the narcotics and both vehicles. Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested the two drivers and opened criminal investigations into each seizure.

This bust extends a string of large seizures the Laredo Field Office has posted since May. CBP's first-quarter data showed the office moving the heaviest drug haul by weight of any single component in Texas, 35.4 percent of the state total. Officers there seized $604,026 in cocaine at the Hidalgo International Bridge on May 22 and $9.3 million in methamphetamine at the Pharr International Bridge on June 19, the same day a separate $63 million meth seizure hit the Laredo port itself. Officers came back to Pharr on June 24 for $3.7 million in cocaine hidden in a cucumber shipment. Adding Friday's $1.1 million, the Hidalgo, Pharr, Roma, and Brownsville seizures alone total roughly $14.7 million since May 22, not counting the separate $63 million Laredo bust.