Splendora, TEXAS: State Troopers Seize 150 Birds in Texas Cockfighting Bust, Arrest 25 Illegal Aliens

AP

SPLENDORA, Texas -- Authorities seized more than 150 hens and roosters and arrested 25 people for immigration violations during a raid on a suspected cockfighting operation northeast of Houston.

A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was tipped to the cockfight Sunday night when he pulled over a suspected drunken driver who said he had just been at the event.

Authorities responding to the 10-acre property in Montgomery County found more than 100 parked cars and a crowd of people watching cockfights, said Deputy Don Smith, a livestock officer with the Montgomery County Precinct 5 Constable's Office.

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Posted by Richard at March 15, 2007