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Border patrol seizes some $2.1 million in marijuana
Odessa American ^ | December 4, 2003

Posted on 12/04/2003 11:25:45 AM PST by yonif

SIERRA BLANCA — U.S. Customs border patrol agents seized about 2,600 pounds of marijuana worth about $2.1 million during the holiday weekend. Sunday, Border patrol agents seized 2,592 pounds of marijuana at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint. According to police reports, the marijuana was hidden in boxes and duffel bags in the trailer of an 18-wheeler.

The San Antonio driver, whose name was not released, was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents in El Paso.

Agents estimated the street value of the marijuana from Sunday’s bust at $2,073,280.

On Monday, Alpine agents seized 72 pounds of marijuana in a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup driven at the Highway 118 Checkpoint south of Alpine.

The marijuana, which agents valued at $57,880, was hidden in the vehicle’s gas tank.

The male driver and a female passenger, neither of whom were identified, were arrested and taken into custody of the Drug Enforcement Administra-tion.

A female juvenile passenger was turned over to Child Protective Services.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderpatrol; immigrantlist; immigration; marijuana; warondrugs; wodlist
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1 posted on 12/04/2003 11:25:45 AM PST by yonif
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To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
ping
2 posted on 12/04/2003 11:28:22 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: yonif
2,600 pounds of marijuana worth about $2.1 million during= $50/ounce? All that interdiction isn't making it any more costly. It wasn't that cheap in the 60's.
4 posted on 12/04/2003 11:34:40 AM PST by PaxMacian (Gen. 1:29)
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To: yonif
This is an outrage!!

I AM VOTING FOR HOWARD DEAN!!

~grin~


5 posted on 12/04/2003 11:34:51 AM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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To: PaxMacian
$50/ounce?

Maybe the feds don't understand pot prices since they get theirs for FREE.

7 posted on 12/04/2003 11:51:33 AM PST by thatdewd
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To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
8 posted on 12/04/2003 12:00:49 PM PST by jmc813 (Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
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To: VaBthang4
You go girl!
9 posted on 12/04/2003 12:11:08 PM PST by jmc813 (Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
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To: VaBthang4
Queer.
10 posted on 12/04/2003 12:20:14 PM PST by Hemingway's Ghost
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To: yonif
A female juvenile passenger

Smuggling, a nice way to teach a child how to earn a living.

11 posted on 12/04/2003 12:42:16 PM PST by janetgreen
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To: VaBthang4
I wouldn't dare tread on your opinion. That's the kind of thing I make it a point to avoid stepping in, and will stop and scrape it off immediately if I happen to do it accidentally.
12 posted on 12/04/2003 12:42:16 PM PST by tacticalogic (Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
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To: No King but Jesus; CWOJackson; Admin Moderator
CWOJackson...who was the banned poster that had returned under another ID only to get banned again?

I do believe this is the same WeedWhacker.
13 posted on 12/04/2003 1:04:35 PM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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To: newgeezer
Was it in the shape of a van?
14 posted on 12/04/2003 1:05:29 PM PST by biblewonk (I must answer all bible questions.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Hahaha...Punked out, Suicidal succubus.

~grin~
15 posted on 12/04/2003 1:06:37 PM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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To: CWOJackson; No King but Jesus
Mr.LeRoy is desperate to be on this site....so much so that he'd actually pretend to be a real Christian in order to avoid Admin scrutiny.

Nice try Loser.

nkbj: 11/12/03

16 posted on 12/04/2003 1:13:10 PM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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To: VaBthang4
You got your ass kicked a lot in school, didn't you?
17 posted on 12/04/2003 1:15:59 PM PST by jmc813 (Help save a life - www.marrow.org)
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To: VaBthang4
... Nice try Loser ...

You are one strange puppy. Paranoid, delusional and whiny. You are a fine example of a pisspoor christian.

18 posted on 12/04/2003 1:23:45 PM PST by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 68 grunt
Thank you Holy Spirit.

~grin~
19 posted on 12/04/2003 1:35:42 PM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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To: jmc813
All you need to concern yourself with is whether or not you can kick it?

600 reusens rd. Lynchburg, Virginia

Dont talk about it....just show up Heroin Hero.
Besides wasnt it the dopergeekweedwhackers wannabe trench coat mafia types that got tossed around in school.

20 posted on 12/04/2003 1:40:06 PM PST by VaBthang4 (He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep)
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