Thread: Over $300,000 worth of drugs and guns seized by CBP agents

Over $300,000 worth of drugs and guns seized by CBP agents

By Ray Gomez

Story Created: Oct 29, 2009

(Story Updated: Oct 29, 2009 )

Customs and Border Protection agents seized marijuana and several weapons headed into Mexico on Wednesday.

A total of over $300,000 worth of drugs and weapons were confiscated in three separate incidents.

One of those occurred when an agent discovered 15 weapons and two magazines hidden in the panels of a car headed southbound on the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge.

The second involved a Honda SUV and a total of 72 pounds of marijuana.

A third incident at the World Trade Bridge resulted in the seizure of over 200 pounds of marijuana found in the tractor-trailer's sleeper area.

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C.B.P. News Release

CBP Officers Seize Weapons, Marijuana at Texas Border

(Thursday, October 29, 2009)

Laredo, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo, Texas port of entry yesterday seized several weapons and marijuana valued at $321,000 in three separate interceptions at the International Bridges.

The weapons seizure occurred on Oct. 28 at the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge when CBP officers and Border Patrol agents were working outbound (southbound) inspections. A Border Patrol agent referred a 1999 Mercury Cougar driven by J. Santos Guel Barbosa, a 47-year-old Mexican national, for a secondary examination.

The driver gave a negative declaration for currency in excess of $10,000, weapons or ammunition. CBP officers noted discrepancies in the quarter panels during the vehicle’s secondary inspection. CBP canine “Akimâ€