4/8/2014
$800,000 in meth found hidden inside backseat of car
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A Mexican man is behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after authorities allegedly found $800,000 worth of meth hidden inside backseat of car.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested 36-year-old Isaac Uriel Vela-Martinez on federal drug charges on Saturday afternoon.
Court records show that Vela-Martinez drove up from Mexico at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge in a 2003 Toyota Tacoma with Tamaulipas license plates.
Vela-Martinez allegedly told customs officers that he was going shopping at the Walmart off South Jackson Road in McAllen but was sent to secondary inspection.
Authorities allegedly found 10 bundles with 24.71 pounds of methamphetamines worth $800,000 inside a hidden compartment in the backseat of his car.
Vela-Martinez allegedly told investigators that he was supposed to get paid $1,000 to drop off the car at the Walmart.
Court records show other people were supposed to pick up the car, take out the drugs and then leave the vehicle for him to go back to Mexico.
Vela-Martinez appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Ormsby in McAllen on Monday morning but court information was not immediately available.
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