Pubdate: Tue, 08 Jul 2003
Source: Victoria Advocate (TX)
Copyright: 2003 Victoria Advocate Publishing Company
Contact:  http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/671

PATROL TROOPERS SEIZE $100 MILLION IN DRUGS FOR YEAR

AUSTIN (AP) - Texas Department of Public Safety troopers on traffic patrol 
have seized illegal drugs valued at more than $100 million for the third 
consecutive year.

The 2002 statistics released Monday by the Traffic Law Enforcement Division 
show that DPS troopers intercepted illegal drugs valued at $123.8 million 
while on routine patrol duty.

Texas troopers have led the nation in highway drug seizures for the last 
several years, the DPS said.

"Seizing drugs intended for someone's neighborhood is just one positive 
byproduct of our normal patrol activities," said DPS Director Col. Thomas 
A. Davis Jr.