Border agents seizes illegal immigrants, drugs in desert
FROM STAFF REPORTS
August 7, 2007 - 2:05PM
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U.S. Border Patrol agents nabbed 11 illegal immigrants and 414 pounds of marijuana during two operations in the Yuma desert Monday, according to a statement released Tuesday.

The first apprehension happened around noon when agents spotted three members of the group and seven backpacks filled with drugs about 37 miles south of Dateland. Agents later spotted another person and the rest of the drugs in a nearby area. The drugs were estimated to have a street value of $392,000.

Agents netted seven more illegal immigrants in the same area later that night.

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