Police find 1,600 pounds of marijuana at Pharr truck stop

Police found more than 1,600 pounds of marijuana at a truck stop here last weekend.

The bust happened Saturday afternoon at the Silver Spur Truck Stop, 2705 N. Cage Boulevard, after a police canine unit was patrolling the parking area, Pharr police said in a statement.

The dog alerted police of a strong narcotics odor emanating from a black 2001 Freightliner Tractor and a white 1998 Freuhauf trailer parked at the truck stop. The vehicle and trailer were unoccupied, police said.

Officers took the tractor trailer to the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge port of entry, where it was X-rayed and 96 bundles of marijuana weighing 1,677 pounds were discovered inside.

The drug bust remains under police investigation.

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Monitor staff writers Jared Taylor and Ana Ley compiled this report.