Since Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012, the flow of pot on U.S. Highway 287 in Texas, from Amarillo to Beaumont, has increased. It’s just over 646 miles of highway that drug smugglers have utilized for decades as a safer road than interstates to travel to deliver their haul. Now all along that highway, law enforcement is putting a dent in the drug smuggling business.
“We’re just observing traffic on 287. Looking for smugglers traveling up and down the highway,” said Wichita County Drug Interdiction Deputy Justin Mitchell.
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