C.B.P.News Release

El Paso CBP Officers Bust 71-Year-Old Drug Smuggler

(Wednesday, April 22, 2009)

El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Ysleta international crossing at the El Paso port of entry seized 142 pounds of marijuana in a drug bust Tuesday morning. The drugs were concealed in a vehicle being driven by a 71-year-old man.

“There really are no limits to the type of people that CBP officers will encounter smuggling drugs,â€