2 ABQ women busted at the border for drugs

Posted at: 08/11/2010 1:52 PM | Updated at: 08/11/2010 2:59 PM
By: The Associated Press

SANTA TERESA, NM (AP) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Santa Teresa port of entry seized a little over 500 pounds of marijuana.

The drugs were hidden in a vehicle that was occupied by two 18-year-old women from Albuquerque.

The seizure was made late Monday when a 1998 Ford Expedition entered the facility from Mexico. Customs officers at the primary inspection station selected the vehicle for a secondary examination. Officers located false compartments in the floor of the vehicle as well as the fuel tank of the SUV.

Numerous marijuana filled bundles were removed from the floor of the vehicle as well as from welded metal boxes hidden in the fuel tank. The women face federal prosecution in relation to the failed smuggling attempt.

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