Border authorities in Texas encountered a 4-year-old boy and his mother after they apprehended a group of illegal immigrants who were smuggling more than $90,000 worth of marijuana into the US, officials revealed this week.

Border Patrol agents and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers came across the group just after midnight Tuesday near Roma, according to a Thursday statement from Customs and Border Protection.

After the agents arrived, the statement said, they spotted several people being loaded into a Ford Expedition “in an area commonly used to pick up migrants and narcotics.”

The migrants fled as agents approached.

Ultimately, officials seized two bundles of marijuana that weighed a total of 116 pounds and were valued at more than $93,000. Thirteen illegal immigrants were also apprehended — including the 4-year-old and his mother, who came from Guatemala. 

The other arrested migrants hailed from Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic, CBP said. It was unclear whether the mother and son had any relationship to any other member of the group.

The agency later informed The Post that the mother and son had no relationship with other members of the group and that the mother was not identified as one of the individuals carrying a bundle of marijuana. 

Border officials have apprehended hundreds of migrants in recent days, including two groups totaling 355 people in Starr County, Texas, early Thursday. 

Local officials and border authorities anticipate a massive influx of migrant crossings at the southern border when the Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy is lifted by the Biden administration next month. 

On April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it would end Title 42 — which permits officials to expel migrants without hearing asylum claims due to the ongoing pandemic — on May 23.

At that time, the CDC cited “current public health conditions and an increased availability of tools to fight COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutics)” as its reasoning for ending the policy.

The Biden administration has repeatedly come under fire for the decision, most recently over the CDC’s move to keep the public transportation mask mandate in place for two more weeks.

While the Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security and CBP begin preparing for the anticipated surge, many local leaders have taken matters into their own hands. 

Last week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a series of actions to combat the administration’s “ongoing failure to secure the border,” including sending dozens of migrants on buses to Washington, DC. 

So far, three buses have arrived in the nation’s capital. It is unclear how many more the governor intends to send.