Yuma agents seize more than 25 pounds of cocaine

Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:15 am

U.S. Border Patrol agents working a checkpoint near Yuma seized more than 25 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $1 million.

Agents arrested a suspected drug smuggler during a routine inspection on Interstate 8 west of Yuma Friday.

Border Patrol Agent Robert Lowry says a canine team alerted agents to the possibility of cocaine inside a car.

The Yuma Sun reports agents found nine bundles of cocaine hidden inside the rear corner panels of the car.

The cocaine and the suspect were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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