American Trucker busted with cocaine valued at $4 Million Dollars
RAYMONDVILLE - A routine traffic stop in the Valley by DPS leads to a close to $4 million drug bust.
Fifty-six-year-old Bobby John McCarty was pulled over by DPS in Raymondville on Saturday. Court documents show his tractor trailer was taken in for further inspection at Los Tomates Bridge.
That’s when authorities discovered 117 pounds of cocaine wrapped in 44 bundles in his fuel tank. The cocaine has a street value of $3.7 million.
McCarty was charged with drug smuggling. He is being held without bond.
SOURCE: KRGV.com
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