BORDER SERVICES OFFICER CHARGED WITH MARIJUANA SMUGGLING

(AP) - A Canada Border Services Agency officer and another Canadian citizen
have been charged with conspiracy after the officer was arrested while
allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 22 kilograms of marijuana into
the U.S., authorities said.

"For law enforcement officers on both sides of the border, it's a sad day
when someone in a position of authority violates the public's trust," said
Michael Mach, agent-in-charge of the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement office in Grand Forks.

Gary Graboski, 35, who worked as a border inspector for the Canadian
agency, was arrested May 13 just south of the Pinecreek, Minn., port of
entry. Agents determined he intended to deliver the marijuana hidden in the
bed of his pickup to another man. The investigation led to the arrest a
short time later of Loran Stewart, 37, also a Canadian citizen, in Warroad,
Minn. Graboski has been charged with conspiracy to commit a controlled
substance crime, and Stewart was charged with second-degree conspiracy to
commit a controlled substance crime.

Home towns were not available.