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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins was in West Palm Beach on Wednesday, to announce a joint operation between Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

On Oct. 5, in a coordinated operation between FHP and the DEA, a semi-truck suspected of transporting narcotics from the Mexico-Texas border was stopped and searched while traveling southbound on the Florida Turnpike.

The DEA’s West Palm Beach office alerted FHP that the truck was suspected of transporting narcotics. West Palm Beach Police Chief Tony Araujo said only that the traffic stop happened "in a county north of here."

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During the inspection, FHP troopers found a hidden door

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