News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize More Than 2 Tons of Marijuana in Rio Grande Valley Sector

KINGSVILLE, TEXAS — Yesterday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents, with the support of Texas National Guardsmen, intercepted over 4,200 pounds of marijuana concealed in a tractor-trailer at the Sarita Border Patrol Checkpoint.

The seizure occurred when agents assigned to the Sarita Border Patrol Checkpoint observed a tractor-trailer enter the primary inspection area. While the primary Border Patrol agent performed an immigration inspection on the driver, a CBP Border Patrol Canine Team conducted a non-intrusive, free air sniff around the tractor-trailer. The canine alerted on the trailer and the driver was directed to the secondary inspection area for a closer inspection.

A search of the trailer revealed 168 bundles of marijuana weighing 4,227 pounds with an estimated value of $3,381,600. The driver, a 36 year-old United States citizen from Santa Rosa, Texas was arrested. The case was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Corpus Christi, Texas, for investigation.

posted by missionaryman | 5:55 AM

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