DRUG-SNIFFING DOG FINDS TON OF MARIJUANA

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Bridge of
the Americas commercial cargo facility in El Paso seized 2,030 pounds
of marijuana Wednesday evening.

The seizure was made after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection
drug-sniffing dog alerted officers to the shipment, customs said in a
news release. Officers at the El Paso port of entry made six other
marijuana busts on Wednesday, seizing an additional 552 pounds.

Officers made the one-ton drug seizure at about 5:30 p.m. when a
tractor-trailer entered the facility from Mexico. The drug sniffing
dog "Freedom" was conducting a sweep of vehicles when the dog alerted
officers to a trailer hauling a load of thick metal plates.

Officers searched the shipment and discovered a hollowed-out
compartment within the shipment of thick metal plates. Officers
removed a total of 890 marijuana-filled bundles from the compartment.
No arrests were made in the case. The investigation continues.