Drug Task Force agents in Mississippi seized millions of dollars in street drugs when they pulled over a Greyhound bus and found 10 kilos of fentanyl and three kilos of cocaine in a passenger’s suitcase, according to records filed in the case in southern Mississippi.
Federal drug agents arrested a passenger, Jialong Huang. on a charge of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances after the Interstate 10 stop.
His arrest came after drug task force agents Scottie Byrd and Todd Holland, along with U.S. Border Patrol Agent Joe Holman, stopped the passenger bus on Interstate 10 in Jackson County Wednesday around 7 a.m. The officers stopped the bus for a license plate infraction and for following a vehicle too closely.
After the stop, agents boarded the bus and told the driver they wanted to talk to the passengers to determine if there was any reason they might want to check for contraband.
The agents got suspicious after an anxious Huang told the deputies he was on a trip from Texas to New York but claimed he had only brought a shoulder bag and backpack.