Bishop Police Department

BISHOP (News Release) - At approximately 2:30 PM on Monday, September 26, 2022, a Bishop Police Department Supervisory Officer assigned to the Nueces County District Attorney's Office Criminal Interdiction Unit (NCDA-CIU) was conducting traffic enforcement operations on U.S. Highway 77, when he initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for an observed Texas Transportation Code violation, in the area of U.S. Highway 77 North and County Road 18, in Bishop, Texas.

During the course of the traffic stop Officers identified several inconsistent and potentially deceptive statements made by the occupants in the vehicle, which led to further investigation.

Based on reasonable suspicion, Officers on scene requested and obtained consent to search the vehicle. During the subsequent search, Officers located a compartment in the vehicle. A Bishop Police Department K-9 Unit was deployed on scene and gave a positive indication to the presence of narcotic odor in the vehicle.

NCDA-CIU Officers on scene searched the compartment and located several bundles of contraband (suspected narcotics) concealed inside.

A total of fourteen (14) bundles with a combined weight of approximately twenty-four (24) kilograms / fifty-three (53) pounds, were recovered from the vehicle. The bundles all contained suspected Heroin.

Both occupants were taken into custody on scene without incident and later transported to the jail on several felony charges.

This is an ongoing criminal investigation and additional arrests / criminal charges are possible.

Several Nueces County District Attorney's Office Criminal Interdiction Unit (NCDA-CIU) participating agencies assisted in this case, to include Nueces Constables Office Precinct 3, Nueces County Constable Precinct #5, Robstown Police Department, and Nueces County District Attorney’s Office.