(Deming) – More attempts to smuggle drugs into the U.S. through Luna County were halted Tuesday by Border Patrol agents.
This time, agents interrupted two separate smuggling loads of marijuana valued at more than $150,000, and made four arrests.
On Tuesday afternoon, agents from the Deming Horse Patrol unit first located footprints in the desert sand indicating that a group had recently crossed into the country illegally.
After following the trail for an hour, the agents came upon two smugglers with large bundles who had made their way north from the U.S./Mexico border.
The two individuals were arrested, both of whom were Mexican citizens and admitted to entering the U.S. illegally.
Both subjects and 94-pounds of marijuana were turned over to the Border Enforcement Task Force for prosecution.
Later that evening, Border Patrol Agents in Deming detected two men carrying large backpacks in a northward direction toward New Mexico State Road 9.
Agents, along with the help of a narcotics canine unit, located two men from Mexico.
The contraband found in makeshift back-pack bundles carries a street value of more than $76,000. The contraband and both individuals were handed over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Las Cruces, pending prosecution.
This time, agents interrupted two separate smuggling loads of marijuana valued at more than $150,000, and made four arrests.
On Tuesday afternoon, agents from the Deming Horse Patrol unit first located footprints in the desert sand indicating that a group had recently crossed into the country illegally.
After following the trail for an hour, the agents came upon two smugglers with large bundles who had made their way north from the U.S./Mexico border.
The two individuals were arrested, both of whom were Mexican citizens and admitted to entering the U.S. illegally.
Both subjects and 94-pounds of marijuana were turned over to the Border Enforcement Task Force for prosecution.
Later that evening, Border Patrol Agents in Deming detected two men carrying large backpacks in a northward direction toward New Mexico State Road 9.
Agents, along with the help of a narcotics canine unit, located two men from Mexico.
The contraband found in makeshift back-pack bundles carries a street value of more than $76,000. The contraband and both individuals were handed over to the Drug Enforcement Administration in Las Cruces, pending prosecution.
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