Meth, Pot Busts at the Mexican Border

Updated: Saturday, 12 Mar 2011, 8:44 PM MST
Published : Saturday, 12 Mar 2011, 8:44 PM MST

NOGALES, Ariz. - Some big drug busts have occurred in a 24-hour period in the Border Battle.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security made a methamphetamine bust on Wednesday, when they seized nearly 13 pounds of meth from a suspected smuggling vehicle.

Also on Wednesday, a 20-year-old Mexican national man was caught trying smuggle more than 18 pounds of marijuana into the country.

And a 20-year-old man from Mexico was caught trying to sneak more than 47 pounds of pot across the border.

Border Patrol agents also arrested nine illegal immigrants with 10 bundles of marijuana with a street value of more than $400,000.

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