{"id":200520,"date":"2026-03-11T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/200520\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:52:10","slug":"u-s-citizen-arrested-after-1m-meth-seizure-at-texas-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/200520\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. citizen arrested after $1M+ meth seizure at Texas border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-72745387.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"> (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">ROMA, Texas &#8211; U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Roma Port of Entry\u00a0seized more than $1 million of meth in a single enforcement action.<\/p>\n<p>   Over $1 million in methamphetamine discovered <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">CBP says the seizure occurred on Sunday, March 8, at the Roma International Bridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">A CBP officer referred a 22-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a 2013 Ford Explorer for secondary inspection. Following a non-intrusive inspection system scan, and a closer physical examination, CBP officers discovered 53 packages containing a total of 121.34 pounds of alleged methamphetamine within the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cbp-seizes-packages-containing-121.34-pounds-of-methamphetamine-seized-by-cbp-officers-at-roma-port-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Packages containing 121.34 pounds of methamphetamine were seized by CBP officers at Roma Port of Entry | U.S. Customs and Border Protection <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">The narcotics have an estimated street value of $1,084,728.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">CBP seized the narcotics and the vehicle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">&#8220;This seizure illustrates the ability of our frontline officers to apply training, inspection experience and technology to zero in on and take down a significant drug load,&#8221; said Port Director Andres Guerra at the Roma Port of Entry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">&#8220;The dedication of our officers to CBP\u2019s border security mission helps protect our communities by preventing drugs like these from reaching U.S. streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Arrest in ongoing criminal investigation <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested the driver and initiated a criminal investigation into the seizure, according to CBP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article was provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/immigration\/us-border-security\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Border Security<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT\/AFP via Getty Images) ROMA, Texas &#8211; U.S. Customs and Border Protection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1046,1724,223,27,29,28,216,393,21396],"class_list":{"0":"post-200520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-immigration","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-us-border-security"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200520","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=200520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}