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Two men accused of smuggling marijuana into the country in jalapeño cans were among four arrested late last week by the U.S. Border Patrol.
Border Patrol agents seized about $3.8 million in marijuana in three separate cases. The narcotics weighed more than 4,800 pounds.
In all three cases, the arrested men, the vehicles and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The identities of the suspects were not available Tuesday.
About 10:30 p.m. Friday, two men driving a Penske three-ton international harvester entered the checkpoint south of Marfa. The men claimed to be transporting goods they had purchased in Presidio to El Paso. Border Patrol agents who searched the truck discovered several pallet loads of six-pound cans of jalapeños. About 540 of the jalapeño cans had marijuana in sealed pouches. The total weight of the drugs was 1,647 pounds valued at more than $1.3 million.
Also, about 10 a.m. Friday, Alpine station agents arrested a 45-year-old Krum man driving a 2000 Ford pickup. The man is accused of dumping 2,980 pounds of marijuana in the area. Border Patrol agents were able to track truck tires and the driver's footprints from the place where the driver was arrested to where the marijuana had been dumped, a news release said. The value of that marijuana is estimated at about $2.4 million.
Finally, agents at the Marfa checkpoint found 234 pounds of marijuana about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in a 1978 Ford pickup driven by a 37-year-old Pecos resident. The drugs were hidden in cement bags in the back of the pickup and had an estimated value of $187,680, a news release said
OA online news
Odessa American
Wednesday, 14 July 2004
https://www.oaoa.com/news/nw071404d.htm
Border Patrol agents seized about $3.8 million in marijuana in three separate cases. The narcotics weighed more than 4,800 pounds.
In all three cases, the arrested men, the vehicles and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The identities of the suspects were not available Tuesday.
About 10:30 p.m. Friday, two men driving a Penske three-ton international harvester entered the checkpoint south of Marfa. The men claimed to be transporting goods they had purchased in Presidio to El Paso. Border Patrol agents who searched the truck discovered several pallet loads of six-pound cans of jalapeños. About 540 of the jalapeño cans had marijuana in sealed pouches. The total weight of the drugs was 1,647 pounds valued at more than $1.3 million.
Also, about 10 a.m. Friday, Alpine station agents arrested a 45-year-old Krum man driving a 2000 Ford pickup. The man is accused of dumping 2,980 pounds of marijuana in the area. Border Patrol agents were able to track truck tires and the driver's footprints from the place where the driver was arrested to where the marijuana had been dumped, a news release said. The value of that marijuana is estimated at about $2.4 million.
Finally, agents at the Marfa checkpoint found 234 pounds of marijuana about 10:30 p.m. Thursday in a 1978 Ford pickup driven by a 37-year-old Pecos resident. The drugs were hidden in cement bags in the back of the pickup and had an estimated value of $187,680, a news release said
OA online news
Odessa American
Wednesday, 14 July 2004
https://www.oaoa.com/news/nw071404d.htm
