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, November 28, 2006

CBP Border Patrol Seizes More Than $3.5 Million Worth of Cocaine

Texas National Guardsmen Assist Agents
11/27/2006

Kingsville, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents and Texas National Guardsmen discovered 110 pounds of cocaine hidden in a sports utility vehicle at the Sarita Border Patrol checkpoint on November 24. The contraband is valued at over $3.5 million.

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

A search of the vehicle revealed 42 bundles of cocaine weighing 110 pounds, valued at over $3.5 million. The United States citizen driver was arrested and the case was turned over to Drug Enforcement Administration.

posted by missionaryman | 10:57 AM

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