IMMIGRATION INSPECTOR FACING COCAINE CHARGES

An immigration inspector was arrested on charges he conspired to help
smuggle 1,033 pounds of cocaine into the United States, authorities said
Friday.

Clark Anthony Miller, 42, was arrested by Customs Service agents at his
home in Calexico, where he worked as an inspector at the U.S.-Mexico border
crossing.

In an indictment filed in U.S. District Court, authorities allege Miller
was part of a conspiracy to smuggle cocaine by waving a 1996 Buick Regal
carrying the drug through his inspection lane in May 2000.

Authorities seized the cocaine in the United States, but the prosecutor in
the case, Roopal Shah, declined to provide details about the driver.
Customs spokesman Vince Bond said the investigation is continuing and
further arrests were expected.