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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.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

CBP Officers Seize Over 5,000 Pounds of Marijuana at Calexico Port

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Calexico, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Calexico east port of entry arrested a Mexican male driver and seized 5,264 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer rig that entered the port from Mexico Friday afternoon, December 1, officials announced today.

CBP officers found 237 wrapped packages of the narcotic valued at about $2.4 million hidden within boxes manifested as medical supply products inside the trailer of the 1992 International rig, officials said.

Officers ordered the tractor rig to the port’s non-invasive gamma ray inspection system at about 12:15 p.m. where CBP officers discovered anomalies in the merchandise and the way it was loaded.

The driver, a 32-year old Mexicali man, was arrested by special agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and transported to the Imperial County jail to await arraignment in federal district court on drug smuggling charges. The conveyance and narcotics were seized by CBP. The case remains under investigation.

posted by missionaryman | 8:43 AM

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