Pubdate: Fri, 3 May 2002 Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) Copyright: 2002, Denver Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/371 Author: The Associated Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Cannabis - California) NEWS BRIEFS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) _ The Border Patrol seized a truck containing more than $1 million worth of marijuana. The truck got stuck on a makeshift ramp smugglers were using to cross a canal along the California-Mexico border, Border Patrol agent Manny Figueroa said Wednesday. The smugglers fled across the border and there were no arrests. Investigators said the smugglers were most likely headed for several dirt roads that lead to Highways 86 and 111 and to Interstate 10, where the marijuana can be ferried to major distribution points like Los Angeles. Officers spotted the smugglers putting a ramp across a dirt canal at the border on Tuesday afternoon. As officers approached, the 1996 Ford truck slipped off the ramp and fell into the dry canal, agents said. There were 1,370 pounds of marijuana in the truck, agents said. Last year, agents in the El Centro Sector, which includes desert communities in Imperial and Riverside counties, seized 15,800 pounds of marijuana worth about $12 million. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh