The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducted a traffic stop Thursday morning on U.S. 83, yielding over 300 pounds of Marijuana.

At approximately 8:00 a.m., a DPS trooper conducted a traffic stop on a 2004 Chevrolet Impala traveling eastbound on U.S. 83, for a traffic violation, east of Sullivan City in Hidalgo County.

The driver was identified as Peter Cisneros, 30, and passenger, Tasha Lee, 20, both from Harlingen. During the traffic stop, the trooper discovered 32 bundles of Marijuana weighing 300 pounds, inside the vehicle.  

Cisneros and Lee were both placed under arrest for possession of marijuana, a second-degree felony, and booked into the Hidalgo County Jail.

(Press release from the Texas DPS)