Troopers seize large amount of Methamphetamine near Ganado

   An man and a woman are in jail after a routine traffic stop turned into a large meth bust on August 6 on US Highway 59 northbound, about half a mile north of TA truck stop in Ganado. 
   State Trooper Matthew Cornett said he suspected illegal trafficking based on the conflicting stories of the driver and passenger of the vehicle. He asked the owner of the vehicle to consent to a search.
   "In my training and experience, I believed there was behavior consistent with trafficking of illegal contraband," he said, "the owner who was female gave me consent to search the vehicle and I began to ask her further, and told her I believed that there was something else going on. I asked her if she would be honest with me about it. Then she told me, yes, there was illegal contraband in the vehicle."
   The search yielded a large amount of methamphetamines, hidden in fire extinguishers and two large, industrial sized jacks,in what originally was thought to be a total of four containers. 
   "We found a fifth container [after the arrest], and with that fifth container, it was 35.2 lbs, with a street value of $3,066,518." said Trooper Cornett.
   A male and a female, identified as Manuel Rodriguez and Misty Andaverde of Harlingen, were arrested and taken to the Jackson County Jail. The drugs were taken to corpus to be processed. An agent told Trooper Cornett that they believe the drugs were being transported from Harlingen to Atlanta, Georgia.