Sometimes, life gives you lemons. Sometimes, it gives you bananas.
And sometimes, it gives you something you'd never expect!
This morning, TDCJ was donated 2 pallets of bananas, 45 boxes, from Ports of America in Freeport. They were being donated due to already being ripe.
Two sergeants of the Scott Unit arrived to pick them up, and discovered something not quite right.
One of the boxes felt different than the others. They snipped the straps, pulled free the box, and opened it up. Inside, under a bundle of bananas, he found another bundle! Inside that? What appeared to be a white powdery substance. They immediately notified port authorities and awaited their instruction.
U.S. Customs arrived on the scene, and the substance tested positive for cocaine. Customs agents then searched each box on the two pallets, and they were all ripe and loaded. Once all 45 boxes had been emptied, what was left was quite the cache. With an instinct that something just wasn't quite right, our guys uncovered 540 packages of cocaine within the shipment, with an estimated street value of $17,820,000!
What a find by the boys in grey!
Now, the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are both continuing their investigation.
Day Two of Spooky Week takes us to another location just outside of Huntsville, but with a history bigger than Bonnie and Clyde!
Weather Update!
With inclement winter weather conditions forecasted for the northern part of the state, the following TDCJ facilities will be closed for non-essential staff Wednesday, October 28, 2020:
Daniel Unit, Region 5 Office, Dalhart Unit, Clements Unit, Neal Unit, Jordan Unit, Tulia Unit, Formby Unit, Wheeler Unit, Montford Unit, Smith Unit, Rudd Unit, Jordan Unit, Roach Unit, Wallace Unit, Robertson Unit, Middleton Unit, and Sayle Unit.
The following Parole Offices will be closed for non-essential staff tomorrow, as well:
Abilene DPO, Amarillo DPO, Big Spring DPO, Lubbock DPO, Midland DPO, Odessa DPO, Plainview DPO.
Essential staff should report accordingly.
Our Office of Emergency Management will continue to closely monitor the situation over the next few days and will keep you updated on any changes.
This is the final week of cybersecurity month, however, we ask that you continue to keep your guard up on any suspicious activity
Some things to keep in mind:
-Don't click links you don't know, instead type the URL into your browser
-Use two-factor verification when logging into your accounts
-Disable automatic file and media sharing whenever possible
-When bluetooth is not in use, please turn it off
For more information, go to: https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training?fbclid=IwAR2g-HHEzscSeKo2AtMxTVxGiin4HIGP0IRKfVOcwWVPKa35edV0WP7ZWM4
