Texas DPS finds 70 bundles of cocaine after two-vehicle crash
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - Texas DPS says that earlier this week, troopers found bundles and bundles of cocaine while responding to a crash in South Texas.
On May 31, highway patrol troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on US 83 and Suntex Road, just west of Rio Grande City near the Rio Grande River.
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Troopers arrived and discovered three burlap sacks containing 70 bundles of cocaine in the back of a BMW SUV.
The drugs weighed an estimated 182 pounds, says Texas DPS, and have an estimated street value of over $3.3 million.
(Texas Department of Public Safety)
The driver later turned himself in to Starr County Sheriff’s deputies and is facing drug possession charges.