Pubdate: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) Copyright: 2002, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 BORDER PATROL SEIZES MORE THAN 4,000 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN ONE DAY Three U.S. Border Patrol seizures in a day yielded more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana. All three seizures occurred Sunday. The Border Patrol said the first was during a morning patrol along the banks of the Rio Grande. Agents tracked footprints from the river and discovered a sugar sack full of marijuana sitting on the ground. The same trail led to an abandoned pickup truck containing five more sacks. Agents seized a total of 985 pounds of marijuana valued at $788,000. No suspects were found or arrests made. The second seizure occurred in Garciasville when agents patrolling the river area found an abandoned sport utility vehicle containing 122 bundles of marijuana weighing a total of 2,418 pounds and valued at $1.9 million. The third seizure came in Rio Grande City when agents saw a pickup truck driver jump from his vehicle and swim across the river to Mexico. The truck contained four sugar sacks packed with marijuana totaling 676 pounds and valued at more than $540,000. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart