{"id":195506,"date":"2026-03-08T07:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195506\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:24:16","slug":"alton-man-found-in-possession-of-3-4-million-worth-of-methamphetamine-headed-to-dallas-dps-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195506\/","title":{"rendered":"Alton man found in possession of $3.4 million worth of methamphetamine headed to Dallas, DPS says"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alton<\/p>\n

\nPhoto courtesy of the Texas Department of Public Safety.\n<\/p>\n

An Alton man was found with nearly 2,000 pounds of methamphetamine headed to Dallas, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety.<\/p>\n

The news release said 32-year-old Diego Mendez, of Alton, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance over 400 grams. He was booked into the Live Oak County Jail.<\/p>\n

The arrest and seizure occurred in Live Oak County on March 4 at around 3:30 p.m. during an Operation Lone Star traffic stop.<\/p>\n

A DPS trooper stopped a blue 2020 Kenworth semi-trailer for a traffic violation on U.S. 281 near George West, according to the news release. The trooper noticed signs of possible criminal activity, prompting further investigation.<\/p>\n

The news release said a Live Oak County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit was called to assist, which led authorities to locate and seize 473 black tape-wrapped bundles of methamphetamine hidden in a false-floor compartment beneath the trailer.<\/p>\n

The bundles weighed a total of 1,980 pounds and had an estimated street value of $3.4 million.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of the Texas Department of Public Safety. An Alton man was found with nearly 2,000 pounds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[77463,102,104,103,77464,7936,77466,29051,41111,77467,74838,21471,6355,1473,1472,27,2785,77465],"class_list":{"0":"post-195506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-alton","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-diego-mendez","13":"tag-drug-bust","14":"tag-drug-seizure","15":"tag-george-west","16":"tag-hidalgo-county","17":"tag-kenworth-semi-trailer","18":"tag-live-oak-county","19":"tag-methamphetamine","20":"tag-operation-lone-star","21":"tag-rgv","22":"tag-rio-grande-valley","23":"tag-texas","24":"tag-texas-dps","25":"tag-u-s-281"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195506","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=195506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}