Eagle Pass Police Department seizes 2,281 pounds of marijuana

The Eagle Pass Police Department received intelligence information from the United States Border Patrol on narcotics possibly being stored in a residence within the Eagle Pass City limits.

The information was developed by the Eagle Pass Police Department in a joint operation with the local office of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The information led officers to an apartment in the Westlakes Subdivision where a K-9 was deployed and alerted to the apartment.

A search warrant was obtained from a local Justice of The Peace allowing the officers to gain entry into the apartment. Officers entered the apartment and discovered it to be free of any persons. Upon searching the apartment numerous bundles of marijuana were found in plain view of officers.

Upon gathering and weighing the large bundles of narcotics it was revealed to be one of the largest seizures of marijuana by the Eagle Pass Police Department. Over one ton (2281 pounds) of marijuana was seized.

This case is currently under investigation by the Eagle Pass Police Department in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration.