Austin Strip Clubs: Obama adds Austin to ‘drug hub’ list
… We check our badge at the door,” said Thrash. “Everyone comes together as one and we attack what we’ve got to attack and do our mission.”
The mission at hand: disrupting the illegal drug market that has been making its way up from Mexico. Austin sits in prime drug smuggling territory due to its proximity to the border and Laredo.
Last fall Austin was home to the largest drug cartel crackdown in U.S. history that branched out from Hays County, Bastrop and Pflugerville. In November, the Texas Department of Public Safety issued a warning to parents , claiming Mexican cartels were recruiting schoolchildren.
Just last month, federal investigators tapped a man’s cell phone and uncovered what they called a scheme to distribute kilos of cocaine to the East Coast via Austin. The 24-year-old was later arrested and charged with shooting and killing two people at a local strip club.
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