Pubdate: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) Copyright: 2001, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 CUSTOMS, BORDER PATROL SEIZE MORE THAN 1,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA Federal agents patrolling the banks of the Rio Grande have intercepted a shipment of more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana. U.S. Border Patrol agents, working in conjunction with the U.S. Customs Service, spotted people Thursday loading bundles of marijuana onto a pickup truck that had been backed up near a river pump. As the agents approached the vehicle, the suspects jumped into the river and swam to Mexico. No arrests were made. Agents seized 49 bundles of marijuana valued at $808,000. The drugs and the vehicle were turned over to the Customs Service in Falcon Heights. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart