C.B.P. News Release

Smuggler in Hot Water After Drugs Discovered in Water Heater

(Thursday, May 21, 2009)

El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the El Paso port of entry discovered 74.31 pounds of marijuana inside a water heater Wednesday evening. The seizure was made at the Ysleta international crossing in El Paso. The estimated street value of the drugs was $59,448.

CBP drug sniffing dog “Ricoâ€