More than a Ton of Pot Seized By Border Agents

[SHANEA]

More than a Ton of Pot Seized By Border Agents
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Marfa, TX
Texas Border Patrol agents seized more than a ton of marijuana in three separate incidents Saturday.

About 3 a.m. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Presidio station discovered evidence of several individuals in an arroyo near Horseshoe Mountain in southern Presidio County. As agents approached a campsite that was obscured by bushes, several individuals attempted to abscond into the surrounding brush. The agents were able to apprehend four males, all Mexican citizens, who admitted to being illegally in the United States. Two of the individuals were juveniles. Agents searched the campsite and located eleven burlap backpacks loaded with 456 packages of marijuana. The drugs weighed 477.1 pounds with an estimated street value of $381,680.

The second load was found when agents received a call that a vehicle was trespassing on a ranch in Brewster County south of the Border Patrol’s Highway 118 checkpoint. About 9 a.m. agents assigned to the Alpine station agents patrolling the area observed a 1999 Ford pickup on one of the ranch roads. When the driver of the pickup saw the agents, he turned the vehicle around and headed away at a high rate of speed. Later, agents located the abandoned pickup stuck in an arroyo. Inside the rear cab, agents found 1,154 bundles of marijuana. The marijuana has a street value of $1,106,080 and weighed a total of 1,382.6 pounds.

The final load was found about 11:30 a.m. Saturday when four hunters on a ranch southwest of Valentine, TX, came upon two men and an all-terrain vehicle. The hunters asked the men to sit down and wait while they notified the Border Patrol. When agents arrived, they discovered 399.1 pounds of marijuana in six large sugar sacks on the ATV. The two men were Mexican citizens in the country illegally. The marijuana is valued at $319,280.

In all three cases, the smugglers, the dope and their vehicles were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Border Fire Report

[Casa Grande]

damn it...there goes the price again!

[SHANEA]

damn it...there goes the price again!

Agents seize over 2 1/2 tons of drugs

Agents seize over 2 1/2 tons of drugs

Special to the Avalanche

MARFA - Drug smugglers continue to try to get past agents of the U.S. Border Patrol's Marfa Sector to little avail; recent seizures of marijuana have totaled more than 5,230 pounds.

The biggest load came about 1 a.m. Sunday, Dec, 2, when a Florida man driving an 18-wheeler tried to get through the Sierra Blanca checkpoint on Interstate 10.

A Border Patrol K-9 alerted to the trailer. When agents inspected, they discovered 2,328 pounds of marijuana in cellophane bundles among a load of lettuce.

The driver and a passenger were legal resident aliens from Nicaragua residing in Florida, according to the Border Patrol. The drug's street value was place at $1.86 million.

Friday afternoon, Alpine agents reported that they were alerted to footprints near Elephant Mountain south of town. Agents followed the footprints and other signs for about four hours before they spotted four men with large sugar sacks used as backpacks.

The men, citizens of Mexico in the country illegally, were arrested and over $170,400 in marijuana weighing 213 pounds was seized.

Sanderson agents reported seizing over 200 pounds of marijuana when they stopped a vehicle near Dryden after it reportedly dropped off some passengers.

The driver, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested when agents found 238 pounds of marijuana valued at over $190,000, the Border Patrol reported. The backpackers eluded the agents.

In another incident agents reported seizing 2,451 pounds of marijuana in the trailer of an 18-wheeler on Nov. 28 at the Sierra Blanca Station on Interstate 10.

While agents were conducting an immigration check on the driver, 44-year-old legal permanent resident from El Paso, a K9 alerted to the presence of people or narcotics in the trailer, agents said. The marijuana was valued at $1.96 million.

In all cases, the smugglers, the vehicles and the drugs were turned over to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

[SHANEA]

damn it...there goes the price again!

Marathon News Leader

Agents seize ton of pot

SIERRA BLANCA – Two Arkansas men are in custody after their 18-wheeler was stopped at the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 10 about midnight Wednesday.

The trailer contained 61 boxes containing 1,890 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $1,512,000. The men, the drugs and the truck were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

[TheWildWestGuy]

And I thought I carried a heavy backpack.  I should bring one of those guys along on my next hike as a sherpa... TWWG