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Narcotics Officers Uncover $220,000 Worth of Cocaine

David Ingram
Bryan Rupp

Story Created: Nov 3, 2009 at 10:03 AM CST

Story Updated: Nov 3, 2009 at 6:24 PM CST

Jefferson County Narcotics Officers with the help of a Beaumont Police K9 Unit arrested a man in possession of a cooler full of coke, as in cocaine.

Deputy Ron Hobbs with the Sheriff’s Office tells 12 News officers searched a large tour bus from Mexico at the Petro Truck Stop on Interstate 10 near Beaumont around 9:30 Monday night. The search yielded 10 Kilos (a little over 20 pounds) of cocaine hidden in the lining of the cooler.

Hobbs says the wholesale value of the cocaine is around $220,000.

Thursday, Nov 5 at 6:39 AM Anonymous wrote ...

IM GLAD THAT THE DRUGS ARE OFF THE STREETS WHERE EVER IT WAS GOING, AND WHY WOULD YOU HAVE ALL THAT ON A TOUR BUS DONT YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPEN TO THE OTHER CELEBRITY THAT WAS CAUGHT WITH THE MIRJUANA ON HIS BUS CRASH DUMMY AND STOP TELLING PEOPLE WHAT YOU ARE DOING THAT HOW YOU GET CAUGHT UP

Wednesday, Nov 4 at 4:52 AM to anonymous wrote ...

If you want to get a big stash through, you plant a small amount in a carrier, call in the tip, let them bust that one, meanwhile, 100 kilos are driving right by. You sacrifice a small one to get several big ones through.

Tuesday, Nov 3 at 6:10 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Glad they got the devil off the streets

Tuesday, Nov 3 at 6:09 PM Anonymous wrote ...

how did they know that was there? informant?

Tuesday, Nov 3 at 11:08 AM bubba wrote ...

I was waiting on that stash too....

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