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.
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