AGENTS SEIZE 50,000 ECSTASY PILLS IN BORDER BUST

MASSENA -- Federal authorities are charging two Canadian men with
trying to smuggle $1.5 million in Ecstasy across the border at the
Massena port of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 53-year-old
Mitchell David and 50-year-old Silas Benedict Wednesday night after
finding 50,000 Ecstasy star-shaped tablets stuffed inside a spare tire
in plastic sandwich bags.

The two men, of Cornwall Island, were charged with importation and
possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.

Federal prosecutors in Syracuse are handling the case. Officials said
the men did not yet have attorneys.