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$1.5M of Marijuana Detected at Checkpoint
By cbp.gov
Published: 06/16/2009

Nearly $1.5M of Marijuana Intercepted at Border Patrol Checkpoint

Pine Valley, Calif. — On Thursday morning, a man was arrested for attempting to smuggle nearly $1.5 million worth of marijuana through a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint on westbound Interstate 8 in Pine Valley.

At about 4:30 a.m., agents encountered the 48-year-old suspected smuggler, a Mexican national lawfully within the United States, as he drove a semi tractor-trailer to the checkpoint. The truck was referred to secondary inspection for further examination. Read more.


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