OCTOBER 26, 2001 Highway 281, Texas
Trooper seizes 29 pounds of Mexican brown heroin during a traffic stop
Trooper seizes 29 pounds of Mexican brown heroin during a traffic stop
A traffic stop last week in Live Oak County lead to the seizure of 29
pounds of Mexican brown heroin, the largest amount of the drug
seized by Department of Public Safety troopers during a random
traffic stop in more than four years and the second largest in DPS
history.
Trooper G. Lanford stopped the 1991 Mercury Cougar at 1 a.m.
Friday in George West for exceeding the speed limit. The vehicle
was northbound on Highway 281.
The driver consented to a vehicle search, which revealed nine
bundles in a false compartment under the windshield. After drug
analysis was completed, the contraband was identified as Mexican
brown heroin with an estimated value between $900,000 and $1.2
million.
Josue Moran, 45, of Denton has been charged with felony
possession of heroin and is being held on $2 million bond in the Live
Oak County jail. The criminal investigation is continuing with the
assistance of Department of Public Narcotics investigators.
The biggest heroin seizure by a DPS trooper during a random traffic
stop was nearly 31 pounds in April 1997 in Nueces County. Friday's
seizure is the second biggest on record--and nearly three times the
amount seized by DPS troopers in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
pounds of Mexican brown heroin, the largest amount of the drug
seized by Department of Public Safety troopers during a random
traffic stop in more than four years and the second largest in DPS
history.
Trooper G. Lanford stopped the 1991 Mercury Cougar at 1 a.m.
Friday in George West for exceeding the speed limit. The vehicle
was northbound on Highway 281.
The driver consented to a vehicle search, which revealed nine
bundles in a false compartment under the windshield. After drug
analysis was completed, the contraband was identified as Mexican
brown heroin with an estimated value between $900,000 and $1.2
million.
Josue Moran, 45, of Denton has been charged with felony
possession of heroin and is being held on $2 million bond in the Live
Oak County jail. The criminal investigation is continuing with the
assistance of Department of Public Narcotics investigators.
The biggest heroin seizure by a DPS trooper during a random traffic
stop was nearly 31 pounds in April 1997 in Nueces County. Friday's
seizure is the second biggest on record--and nearly three times the
amount seized by DPS troopers in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety
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Heroin News October 2001 Archive
Heroin News October 2001 Archive