{"id":275131,"date":"2026-05-01T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275131\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:57:08","slug":"dps-makes-460-pound-drug-seizure-after-starr-co-pursuit-south-texas-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/275131\/","title":{"rendered":"DPS Makes 460-Pound Drug Seizure After Starr Co. Pursuit (South Texas Region)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Drug Seizure 4.23.2026.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"405798da-618c-45d4-99e5-738a7413960c\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"4.23.2026\" width=\"347\" height=\"277\" class=\"align-center\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LAREDO \u2013 The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), during Operation Lone Star, seized 460 pounds of marijuana following a high-speed pursuit in Starr Co. last week.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, April 23, 2026, just after 10:30 a.m., a DPS Trooper attempted to stop a maroon Chevy Avalanche for a traffic violation on US-83 in Escobares. The driver refused to stop and led DPS Troopers on a high-speed vehicle pursuit until he crashed into a fence. The driver then attempted to bail out of the vehicle but was arrested. After conducting a search of the vehicle, Troopers seized 40 tape-wrapped bundles of marijuana in the vehicle&#8217;s bed and passenger seats. The bundles of marijuana have an estimated street value of $115,000.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, Angel Alberto Reyes, 25, of Round Rock, was charged with possession of marijuana and was transported to the Starr Co. Jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-center\">(DPS \u2013 South Texas Region)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAREDO \u2013 The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), during Operation Lone Star, seized 460 pounds of marijuana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-275131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275131","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=275131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}