C.B.P News Release

CBP Officers Nab 60-Year-Old Smuggling Cocaine at El Paso Port

(Friday, September 12, 2008)

El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry discovered 29.7 pounds of cocaine and 22.2 pounds of marijuana in a car being driven by a 60-year-old man Thursday morning. The seizure was one of many busts made by CBP officers working at area ports during the past week.

The seizure was made shortly after 5 a.m. when a Ford F-150 pickup truck entered the Ysleta port of entry from Mexico. During the primary inspection of the vehicle, CBP drug detector dog “Taxiâ€