Pubdate: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 Source: Denver Post (CO) Copyright: 2009 The Denver Post Corp Contact: http://www.denverpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis) LARGE DRUG DISCOVERY AT SANTA TERESA PORT SANTA TERESA, N.M.-U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than a ton of marijuana, the largest drug bust in more than six years at the Santa Teresa port of entry. Field operations officers seized 2,192 pounds of marijuana Thursday. In July 2002, officers seized 2,234 pounds of marijuana at the port. After noting irregularities in an empty refrigerated trailer, the rig was sent for additional examination. Officers drilled into the floor and extracted a substance later determined to be marijuana. Authorities said the driver, 24-year-old Jesus Alfonso Jaquez Munoz of Ascension, Chihuahua, was arrested after officers removed 530 drug-filled packages from a floor compartment. - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin