News (Media Awareness Project) - US CO: Agents Find $38 Million Of Cocaine In SUV |
| Title: | US CO: Agents Find $38 Million Of Cocaine In SUV |
| Published On: | 2002-10-17 |
| Source: | Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-21 21:46:23 |
AGENTS FIND $3.8 MILLION OF COCAINE IN SUV
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than 121 pounds of cocaine worth $3.8
million at a checkpoint on U.S. 70 near Alamogordo.
The cocaine was found Tuesday in a compartment in a sport utility vehicle
driven by a Colorado resident, authorities said.
Agents said the 24-year-old driver, Adelmo Chaparro-Rubio, who was
traveling with his wife and two sons, told them he was paid $20,000 to take
the drug to Denver.
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than 121 pounds of cocaine worth $3.8
million at a checkpoint on U.S. 70 near Alamogordo.
The cocaine was found Tuesday in a compartment in a sport utility vehicle
driven by a Colorado resident, authorities said.
Agents said the 24-year-old driver, Adelmo Chaparro-Rubio, who was
traveling with his wife and two sons, told them he was paid $20,000 to take
the drug to Denver.
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