470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer
470 Marijuana-Filled Bundles Found Inside Tractor-Trailer
Posted: 3:09 pm MDT June 6, 2011Updated: 4:31 pm MDT June 6, 2011
EL PASO, Texas -- More than 470 marijuana-filled bundles were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in the commercial cargo facility at the Bridge of the Americas, officials said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the bust on Saturday when a drug-sniffing dog alerted officials to the drugs, said CBP officials.
The seizure collected 531 pounds of marijuana. CBP officers said they arrested the driver, 39-year-old Sergio Hernandez Rascon, of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
He was turned over to ICE-HSI special agents after the case was accepted for federal prosecution.
He was booked into the El Paso County Jail and is currently being held without bond.
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