{"id":153924,"date":"2026-02-06T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153924\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:27:06","slug":"border-patrol-intercepts-high-speed-vehicle-seizes-416-lbs-of-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/153924\/","title":{"rendered":"Border Patrol intercepts high-speed vehicle, seizes 416 lbs. of marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Border Patrol agents in the El Paso Sector successfully intercepted a high-speed vehicle that was fleeing the Highway 54 checkpoint. <\/p>\n<p>This operation led to the arrest of the driver and the seizure of more than 416 pounds of marijuana, Border Patrol officials stated. <\/p>\n<p>Officials stated, &#8220;This event demonstrates our ongoing commitment to stop drug trafficking and keeping our communities safe.&#8221; The interception highlights the continued efforts of law enforcement to combat illegal drug activities in the region.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/socorro-bar-shuts-down-following-investigation-into-human-trafficking-and-prostitution?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Socorro bar shuts down following investigation into human trafficking and prostitution<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Border Patrol agents in the El Paso Sector successfully intercepted a high-speed vehicle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-153924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}