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.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Cocaine seized at Calexico port of entry

FROM STAFF REPORTS

April 20, 2007 - 9:28PM

CALEXICO - A 32-year-old Mexican man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle 119 pounds of cocaine into the United States at the Calexico downtown port of entry, according to a news release.

The cocaine seized is valued at roughly $1.2 million.

Around 11:30 a.m., U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers encountered the Las Vegas, Nev., resident when he entered the port driving a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe. CBP officers determined the vehicle and occupant required further investigation and referred them into the secondary inspection
area.

During the secondary inspection, CBP officers utilized a narcotic detector dog that further alerted authorities. Officers then scanned the vehicle through an X-ray machine that displayed anomalies within the four tires. They subsequently discovered and extracted from the tires 48 packages, which field-tested positive for cocaine.

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