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California legalizes marijuana for recreational use Monday, but that won't stop federal agents from seizing the drug – even in tiny amounts – on busy freeways and backcountry highways. Marijuana possession still will be prohibited at eight Border Patrol checkpoints in California, a reminder...

Since 2012, border patrol agents say they have seized more than 700 pounds of marijuana in Maine. That presents a variety of issues for agents in the field. A round-table discussion was held at Bangor International Airport Monday to address those issues. "We are seizing more. The...

A Silver Springs man was arrested Thursday on warrants for marijuana cultivation and possession of drug paraphernalia. Drug agents said Walter Arthur Carpenter admitted that marijuana found in a room he rents belonged to him and that he learned to take care of the plants by watching YouTube...

Around 6,000 marijuana plants were discovered by drug agents in an outside growing area in Jefferson Davis County Thursday. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents say it is the largest outdoor marijuana grow found in the state since the 1980s. MBN is in in the process of removing the...

Border Patrol agents seized more than $500,000 worth of marijuana after a vehicle pursuit east of Douglas on Sunday night, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Agents started to pursue the suspicious vehicle after it was spotted by another agent operating surveillance technology...

The Laredo Sector Border Patrol seized over 2,000 lbs of marijuana. The first seizure took place on June 23. Agents at the Border Patrol Checkpoint on Interstate Highway 35 encountered a U-Haul truck at the primary lane. The driver was questioned regarding his immigration status and...

Officials valued the drugs at more than $33,000. Rather than the dead inside a hearse, Border Patrol agents found marijuana inside a closed casket over the weekend, officials said. Willcox Boarder Patrol agents stopped a hearse near Tombstone and found 67 pounds of marijuana inside a casket...