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SCSO, BPD, DPS detain 11 in suspected smuggling operation

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 8:55 am

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with Breckenridge Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Division, arrested 11 suspected illegal individuals last Tuesday in downtown Breckenridge.

At approximately noon on Tuesday, June 22, a SCSO deputy conducted a traffic stop on a 2011 Honda Odyssey van in the 1300 block of East Walker Street in Breckenridge, according to a press release from Stephens County Sheriff Kevin Roach.

"The Deputy Sheriff had observed indicators of possible criminal activity with the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop for a minor traffic violation,” the press release stated.

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