Border Patrol agents seize $1.7 million in pot

2,000 pounds of marijuana found at checkpoint

FALFURRIAS, Texas – Border Patrol agents confiscated $1.7 million worth of marijuana during a vehicle inspection Monday at the Falfurrias checkpoint, authorities said.

A K-9 alerted agents to a tractor-trailer that had pulled up to the checkpoint for an inspection.

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Agents conducted a search and said they found several anomalies in some boxes inside the trailer.

A search of the boxes led to the discovery of 2,202 pounds of marijuana, authorities said.

The driver and the drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

This story comes from our sister station KSAT.