Border Patrol Officers Confiscate $587K Worth of Cocaine in 3 Texas Incidents

In Arizona, 2 Men Sentenced for Trafficking in Drugs Worth Over $1.3 Million

Coast Guardsmen stand over pallets containing more than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million on the flight deck of of 418-foot Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized cocaine valued at an estimated $587,000 while conducting three separate enforcement actions at the Brownsville Port of Entry in Texas.

The first incident took place on March 17 at Veterans International Bridge, where border protection officers stopped a 25-year-old Harlington, Texas, man as he was attempting to enter the United States in a 2010 Chevrolet.