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Border Patrol Seizes Cocaine at New Mexico Checkpoints
ALAMOGORDO â More than $6 million worth of cocaine has been seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents during two separate traffic stops in southern New Mexico during the past weekend, authorities announced Tuesday. Agents seized 10 pounds of cocaine at a checkpoint on N.M. 54 south of Alamogordo on Saturday. The drugs, wrapped in four bundles worth $328,000, were found hidden in the dashboard of a sport utility vehicle.Agents arrested the driver, a 20-year-old man from Mexico, and turned him over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Las Cruces. On Sunday, agents at a checkpoint on U.S. 70 confiscated about 205 pounds of cocaine found in a semi truck that was transporting band equipment to Nashville, Tenn. Agents searched the truck after becoming suspicious of the driver. They found several bundles of white powder in two pieces of luggage on the floor of the sleeper area. In all, 70 bundles â worth an estimated $6.5 million â were found throughout the truck and trailer. A 35-year-old man from California and a 28-year-old Mexican man were arrested in connection with the seizure and turned over to the DEA in Las Cruces. Their names were not released. Posted by: Pappy 2005-08-18 |
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