Snow Day: Texas Trooper Seizes 242 Pounds of Cocaine During Traffic Stop
Ezequiel Canela-Cabrera is accused of transporting 242 pounds of cocaine from Las Vegas to Boston.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the seizure of more than 242 pounds of suspected cocaine during a traffic stop recently.
A DPS trooper stopped a 2020 Kia Sportage on Interstate 40 near Vega, about 35 miles west of Amarillo in northern Texas, at around 1:50 p.m. on July 12 for a traffic violation.
During the traffic stop, the trooper discovered three large duffel bags filled with 100 bricks of plastic-wrapped cocaine, the agency said.
DPS special agents and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents were called in to assist, and the DEA took over the investigation, DPS said.
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Ezequiel Canela-Cabrera, 29, from Kissimmee, Florida, was arrested and booked into the Randall County Jail on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance.
The drugs were allegedly being transported from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Boston, Massachusetts, authorities said.
TMX contributed to this report.
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