Border agents recover cash, weapons in Nogales

Posted: 10/21/2010
Last Updated: 3 hours and 59 minutes ago
By: Associated Press

NOGALES, AZ - Border agents recovered nearly $800,000 in undeclared cash and four weapons while screening traffic going into Mexico at the Nogales border crossing.

Agents were screening vehicles heading out of the U.S. Thursday morning when they stopped a pickup truck.

Officers used an x-ray and when something didn't look right, they investigated further and found bundles of currency and several weapons.

In all, officers seized more than $799,000 in cash and several weapons, including a .45-caliber handgun, two .38-caliber handguns, and a stolen 9 mm handgun.

The 25-year-old driver from Mexico was arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation and prosecution.

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