November 30, 2017 - 10:47 AM
MEXICO CITY - State police and marines have seized more than 5 tons of marijuana near the Texas border in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
The state security co-ordination group says that the packaged drugs were found in the air-conditioned basement of a home in Camargo.
Authorities seized 1,181 tape-wrapped packages of the sort that are commonly ferried across the Rio Grande in rafts and small boats in the operation.
It is one of the biggest seizures in recent years in the state, which has been the scene of violent drug cartel battles to control the lucrative border crossing routes for several years.
Prior to Wednesday's seizure, authorities had seized more than 11 tons of marijuana in all of 2017.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017