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Traffic stop leads to discovery of bundles of pot stuffed in trunk of car

DPS trooper finds 20 bundles of marijuana stuffed in driver's trunk.

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas – A huge drug bust was made on a Texas roadway Tuesday morning.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper pulled over a driver for a traffic violation on U.S. Highway 83 in Hidalgo County.

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According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the trooper searched the car and found 20 bundles of marijuana stuffed into the trunk. The drugs were worth approximately more than $2 million.

The driver, Eliza Gomez-Garcia, 38, of Rio Grande City, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana. She was transported to Hidalgo County Jail.


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