Drugs continue to be a problem in the community as an increase in arrests related to harmful substances, including narcotics that had not previously been seen in the area, are becoming more common.

 Two Apprehended in Nine Separate Cases

 U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Del Rio Sector seized 1,007.7 pounds of marijuana, valued over $ 806,248, as well as 54 pills of ecstasy, worth $908, in nine separate incidents.  One United States citizen and one Mexican national were arrested in conjunction with these events. 

Staff reports

  Over the four day holiday weekend, the Eagle Pass Police Department arrested two adult males and three adult females all in separate incidents for driving while intoxicated. All five adults were presented before a magistrate and remanded to the Tom Bowles Detention Center in lieu of individual bonds.