SANTA FE (November 21, 2012)--Two men were arrested after nearly half a ton of marijuana was confiscated from a truck that was being unloaded in rural Southeast Texas.
The Galveston County Sheriff's Office says the packages of drugs seized Tuesday have a street value of about $575,000.
Two Brownsville men were held Wednesday on felony marijuana possession charges.
Bond was set at $1.2 million each for David Cavazos, 37, and Jose Rafael Reyes, 32.
Deputies are trying to determine if the area near Santa Fe was a drug distribution point.
Investigators want to know how much marijuana was unloaded and removed before deputies arrived and found about 960 pounds.
