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| CBP Officers Nail Man Smuggling Drugs |
| By cbp.gov |
| Published: 07/02/2009 |
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CBP Officers Nail Man Smuggling Drugs in Wooden Flooring El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at ports of entry in El Paso, West Texas and New Mexico made 15 marijuana seizures during the weekend, confiscating 657 pounds of the drug. CBP officers discovered contraband concealed in a variety of ways including inside tires, the fuel tank, quarter panels, seat compartments, bumpers, the firewall and within the clothing of some travelers. “Drug smugglers are only limited by their imagination,” said William Molaski, CBP El Paso port director. “Smugglers will go to elaborate lengths in an effort to thwart the CBP inspection process. During this past weekend, the smugglers failed on many levels.” One of the most unusual concealment methods CBP officers saw this weekend was bundles of marijuana hidden in boxes of wood flooring. CBP officers at the Ysleta port of entry removed 55 packages of the drug from sealed boxes of wooden flooring. The seizure was made Saturday afternoon after a 1995 Toyota Corolla entered the facility from Mexico. A CBP officer at the primary inspection booth selected the vehicle for an intensive inspection after noticing that the driver was nervous during a routine exam. CBP drug sniffing dog “Basty” searched the vehicle and alerted to packages of flooring in the trunk of the car. CBP officers opened a package revealing numerous tape-wrapped bundles. The contents of the bundles tested positive for marijuana. CBP officers seized 57.5 pounds of the drug. The driver of the car was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents. He is 47-year-old Pablo Chavez Munoz, a resident of Juarez, Mexico. He is currently being detained without bond at the El Paso County Jail. While anti-terrorism is the primary mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the inspection process at the ports of entry associated with this mission results in impressive numbers of enforcement actions in all categories. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. |
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