Aguero v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is the possession of heroin; the punishment, 16 years.

Supervising Agent Bob Richards of the Narcotics Division of the Department of Public Safety testified that on the occasion in question he was in Laredo upon instructions from his superior officer and that his purpose was to detect smugglers of narcotics into Texas. He stated that he made contact with a known narcotic user who was a “special employee” of his department, and the two of them went to Nuevo Laredo in Mexico, where they there sought out one Juan Alvarez. After laying the groundwork, Richards…