Six individuals arrested near the Sarita Border Patrol checkpoint in Texas could face a sentence from 10 years to life in federal prison after agents found more than 500 pounds of cocaine hidden in three different vehicles.
The seizure took place on Feb. 22 at around 8:15 a.m., when Border Patrol agents stopped a white Ford F-150 for an immigration inspection. According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, a K-9 unit smelled something suspicious and sent the vehicle to a secondary inspection.
