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Texas troopers seize $1.4 million in fentanyl and other drugs from a commercial truck at the Laredo border
A commercial driver and passenger were arrested after a port-of-entry inspection turned up 153 pounds of narcotics, including enough fentanyl for nearly 20 million lethal doses.
Texas Department of Public Safety special agents and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers pulled a commercial vehicle aside at the Laredo Port of Entry in Webb County early on September 22, 2026. The inspection turned up 153 pounds of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of more than $1.4 million.
According to the DPS release, agents found 94 pounds of fentanyl (more than 19.8 million potentially lethal doses), 26 pounds of methamphetamine, 18 pounds of heroin, and 15 pounds of eutylone, a synthetic stimulant. The seizure was part of the state’s Operation Lone Star joint effort with federal authorities.
DPS arrested the commercial vehicle driver, 53-year-old Ernesto Jaime of Wisconsin, and the passenger, 51-year-old Enrique Ramirez Valle of Oklahoma. Both were booked into Webb County Jail on felony possession of a controlled substance charges. The case remains unfinished; the men face prosecution.
What the inspection found
- 94 pounds of fentanyl
- 26 pounds of methamphetamine
- 18 pounds of heroin
- 15 pounds of eutylone
- Combined street value more than $1.4 million
Sources
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