Border Patrol agents seize nearly 800 pounds of pot, arrest 1 near
Posted: 03/09/2010 12:00:00 AM MST


LAS CRUCES - Border Patrol agents this weekend arrested a criminal alien and confiscated more than a half-ton of marijuana in five separate incidents, most occurring near Lordsburg.

On Friday, agents assigned to the Lordsburg Station were performing line watch operations when they observed footprints of a group who crossed the border illegally about 10 miles south of Rodeo. As agents followed the footprints, they observed several burlap sacks of marijuana totaling approximately 200 pounds of marijuana, valued at more than $160,304.

Agents searched the area for the subjects and saw the footprints leading back into Mexico. This seizure was followed by three other attempts by smugglers to transport a total of 323 pounds of contraband through New Mexico on Friday. One more significant drug load was also seized by agents from Lordsburg in the same vicinity totaling 276 pounds.

In total for the weekend, agents from the Lordsburg Station seized over 799 pounds of marijuana valued at over $639,200.

Lordsburg agents were not alone in their fight against drugs. Agents from Santa Teresa and Fort Hancock, Texas, were also busy intercepting drug loads in their respective areas. Agents from the two stations seized 260 pounds of marijuana, valued at $208,000.


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