(Deming) – Two teens crossing the border from Mexico to attend Deming Public Schools were caught with contraband in their backpacks Wednesday morning.
Luna County Sheriff’s Investigator Bobby Brookhouser said a 14-year-old boy was detained on a narcotics-possession charge after U.S. Customs officials found two pounds of marijuana in his backpack.
And a 15-year-old girl was cited for minor in possession of alcohol after Customs officials found a beer in her backpack.
Both teens were from Palomas, Mexico.
Brookhouser said the backpacks carried by the two teens were searched Wednesday morning as part of random inspections of students as they cross the international boundary from Mexico to attend school in Deming.
U.S. Customs officials turned the teens over to Luna County Sheriff’s Department officers, who filed the charges.
Luna County Sheriff’s Investigator Bobby Brookhouser said a 14-year-old boy was detained on a narcotics-possession charge after U.S. Customs officials found two pounds of marijuana in his backpack.
And a 15-year-old girl was cited for minor in possession of alcohol after Customs officials found a beer in her backpack.
Both teens were from Palomas, Mexico.
Brookhouser said the backpacks carried by the two teens were searched Wednesday morning as part of random inspections of students as they cross the international boundary from Mexico to attend school in Deming.
U.S. Customs officials turned the teens over to Luna County Sheriff’s Department officers, who filed the charges.
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