CBP Border Patrol Agents Seize Marijuana and Gun

Suspected smugglers taken into custody by Mexican police as they flee south

Yuma, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents of the Yuma Sector yesterday morning interdicted 67 pounds of marijuana and recovered a firearm along the Colorado River near Andrade, Calif.
The agents were alerted to the presence of three individuals and a dog running north from the international border in the vicinity of the Colorado River near Andrade, Calif. at around 5:15 a.m. The incident was captured by CBP Border Patrol’s Remote Video Surveillance System technology. The three subjects were seen leaving some brush, traveling southbound and attempting to cover their footprints. Agents responded and encountered two of the subjects traveling with a pit bull south along a small trail. One of the subjects was in possession of a handgun. Upon seeing agents, the subject in possession of the handgun threw it to the ground and attempted to abscond to Mexico with the other subject and the pit bull.