{"id":438571,"date":"2026-09-17T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438571\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:58:19","slug":"dea-houston-seizes-63-pounds-of-pink-cocaine-worth-nearly-500k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/438571\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA Houston seizes 63 pounds of \u2018pink cocaine\u2019 worth nearly $500K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DEA Houston says it seized 63 pounds of Tusi, or \u201cpink cocaine,\u201d valued at nearly $500,000 with help from local and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/deahoustondiv\/status\/2100251173336887764?s=42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DEA Houston<\/a> says agents seized 63 pounds of Tusi, a synthetic drug commonly known as \u201cpink cocaine,\u201d in a haul valued at nearly $500,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s Houston Field Division announced the seizure in a social media post Wednesday. The agency did not immediately say where the drugs were seized, when the operation happened, or whether anyone was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Tusi is sometimes referred to as \u201cpink cocaine,\u201d though it may not contain cocaine. DEA Houston described the substance as a synthetic drug cocktail and warned that its unpredictable makeup can make it especially dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis synthetic drug cocktail is unpredictable, making for a deadly combination,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>DEA Houston credited the Houston Police Department, Harris County Constable Precinct 3 and FBI Houston for assisting with the seizure.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not release additional details about the investigation.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8DEA Houston seized 63 pounds of Tusi, or \u201cpink cocaine\u201d. A haul worth nearly half a million dollars. <\/p>\n<p>This synthetic drug cocktail is unpredictable, making for a deadly combination.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/houstonpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@houstonpolice<\/a> , Harris County Constable Pct. 3 and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIHouston?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FBIHouston<\/a> for their\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/laofJdmr8a\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/laofJdmr8a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DEAHouston (@DEAHOUSTONDiv) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DEAHOUSTONDiv\/status\/2100251173336887764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Got a news tip or story idea? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/dea-houston-pink-cocaine\/mailto:newstips@khou.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newstips@khou.com<\/a>\u00a0or call 713-521-4310 and include the best way to reach you.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEA Houston says it seized 63 pounds of Tusi, or \u201cpink cocaine,\u201d valued at nearly $500,000 with help&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":438572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-438571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438571","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=438571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}