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'Operation Poison Pipeline' produces seizure of $318,000

Funds generated by 'Poison Pipeline'
Posted at 1:04 PM, Sep 17, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-17 14:09:28-04

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — We’re getting a frontline report on the war on drugs.

The information came from the Nueces County Sheriff's Office and other area law enforcement agencies.

On Sept. 11-12, “Operation Poison Pipeline”, targeted 25 miles of highways that run through Nueces County.

Thirty-five law enforcement agents over those two days made four arrests,

One of them included a seizure of $318,000, money believed to be tied to drug smuggling and human trafficking.

We’ll tell you more about this operation’s success and future plans to continue to do this.

Tonight here on KRIS 6 News.