Border agents find drugs in washing machine
Associated Press
Posted: 07/07/2010 07:10:17 AM MDT


EL PASO - An unusual load turned up in a washing machine in El Paso.
What was packaged as a new washing machine yielded about 66 pounds of marijuana during an inspection at a border crossing.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said a pickup hauling a washer, in a cardboard box, drew additional inspection. A CBP statement Tuesday said agents at the Bridge of the Americas on Friday discovered numerous marijuana-filled bundles concealed inside the appliance.

The 50-year-old male driver, from Juarez has been detained in the drug-smuggling investigation.
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