C.B.P. News Release

El Paso CBP Officers Seize 30 Pounds of Heroin

(Monday, October 05, 2009)

El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Paso Del Norte downtown bridge crossing in El Paso discovered 29.3 pounds of heroin hidden in a non-factory compartment of a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser on Saturday. This is the latest heroin seizure made by CBP along the southwest border.

“Smuggling organizations will use every imaginable concealment method to get the narcotics through our international ports of entry,â€