Marijuana Seized at Border Patrol Checkpoint

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Two families with four infant and toddler-aged children were detained at the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Falfurrias Wednesday morning after agents found 52 pounds of marijuana in a homemade utility trailer.

The families were headed home to Wisconsin after spending the holidays with relatives in the Rio Grande Valley, Border Patrol officials said.

The 23-year-old uncle of three of the children, who was driving the van hauling the trailer, took responsibility for the marijuana and was turned over to the Brooks County Sheriff's Department, Border Patrol officials said.

The man's brother-in-law, who was carrying two marijuana cigarettes, was also turned over.

Eligio Pe1a, assistant-agent-in-charge at the Falfurrias Border Patrol station, said it's not uncommon for smugglers to use children as cover. They think if you see a family with women and children, you'll say there's no way they could be smuggling,'" he said. It;s just aruse.

A drug-sniffing dog alerted to the marijuana, which was hidden in hollowed out boards of the utility trailer.

Contact Jeremy Schwartz at 886-3779 or schwartzj@caller.com

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