Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat
Thanks to BJeff, Siskiyou Kid and Ed Oak from BB Forum for material
Army confiscate plane and drugs in Ensenada
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Location: Ensenada
Drug: Crystal meth, Cocaine, Heroin, Opium
Weight: 331 kilos of Meth, 39 kilos of cocaine, 26 kilos of heroin, 3.5 kilos of opium.
Discovery: Airplane at clandestine landing strip
Sedena informs that elements from the Military in the region, confiscated in Llanos San Agustin, Ensenada, a plane, a vehicle, and the drugs detailed above. The plane, vehicle, and drugs were put at the disposition of the Public Federal Ministry.
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241 Kilos of Marijuana discovered in Truck
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Location: San Luis Potosi highway to Matehuala
Drug: Marijuana
Weight: 241 kilos
Discovery: Truck
Elements of the Federal Police confiscated more than 241 kilos of marijuana that was hidden in a vehicle being driven on the SLP - Matehuala highway. The police became suspicious about the dimensions of the cargo trailer, and on a search discovered 36 sealed packets of marijuana.
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Learjet ambulance detained with 38 kilos of cocaine
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Location: Abelardo L. Rodriguez international airport, Tijuana
Drug: Cocaine
Weight: 36 kilos
Discovery: Air ambulance
Federal authorities searched an air ambulance that was on route to the USA with a man pretending to be dying from cancer on board. The authorities arrested a man identified as Aaron Villarreal Rios who had agreed to take the drugs on board with him in three suitcases. The planes destination was New York with a stop off somewhere in Texas.
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In October, the Army decommissioned drugs, air planes , guns and money
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Sedena notified that in the period of 1st to the 31st of October military elements detained 19 people and confiscated the following:
8 and 3/4 tonnes of marijuana
482 kilos of crystal meth
60 kilos of cocaine
28 kilos of heroin
5.3 kilos of Ice
3.5 kilos of opium gum
5080 marijuana plants
3 rifles
2 pistols
3 magazines for different rifles
41 cartridges of different calibers
7 vehicles
3 aircraft
54,000 dollars US
2,700,000 pesos Mexican
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Border Patrol snags nearly a million dollars of pot outside Alamogordo
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Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Drug: Marijuana
Weight: 1,116 pounds
Discovery: Horse trailer
US border patrol agents at the Highway 70 immigration checkpoint outside of Alamogordo, were routinely inspecting vehicles when a ford truck with a trailer with three horses inside arrived. The canines alerted to the horse trailer, and a non intrusive x-ray was taken of the trailer, agents searched the trailer and found 36 packets of marijuana.
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US Customs and Border Protection officers discover 62 pounds of Cocaine
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Location: Gateway International Bridge, Brownsville.
Drug: Cocaine
Weight: 62 pounds
Discovery: Car
Value: $500,000
US Customs and Border Protection Agency officers arrested a couple at the Gateway International Bridge Thursday. The officers inspected the 2005 Ford 500 with the help of a dog, and discovered the 25 packets of cocaine. A 56 year old Mexican man and a 52 year old woman were put at the disposition of Homeland Security.
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Collated with material from Proceso, Milenio, El Debate, El Paso Herald and Valley Central.com
Thanks to BJeff, Siskiyou Kid and Ed Oak from BB Forum for material
Army confiscate plane and drugs in Ensenada
Location: Ensenada
Drug: Crystal meth, Cocaine, Heroin, Opium
Weight: 331 kilos of Meth, 39 kilos of cocaine, 26 kilos of heroin, 3.5 kilos of opium.
Discovery: Airplane at clandestine landing strip
Sedena informs that elements from the Military in the region, confiscated in Llanos San Agustin, Ensenada, a plane, a vehicle, and the drugs detailed above. The plane, vehicle, and drugs were put at the disposition of the Public Federal Ministry.
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241 Kilos of Marijuana discovered in Truck
Location: San Luis Potosi highway to Matehuala
Drug: Marijuana
Weight: 241 kilos
Discovery: Truck
Elements of the Federal Police confiscated more than 241 kilos of marijuana that was hidden in a vehicle being driven on the SLP - Matehuala highway. The police became suspicious about the dimensions of the cargo trailer, and on a search discovered 36 sealed packets of marijuana.
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Learjet ambulance detained with 38 kilos of cocaine
Location: Abelardo L. Rodriguez international airport, Tijuana
Drug: Cocaine
Weight: 36 kilos
Discovery: Air ambulance
Federal authorities searched an air ambulance that was on route to the USA with a man pretending to be dying from cancer on board. The authorities arrested a man identified as Aaron Villarreal Rios who had agreed to take the drugs on board with him in three suitcases. The planes destination was New York with a stop off somewhere in Texas.
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In October, the Army decommissioned drugs, air planes , guns and money
Sedena notified that in the period of 1st to the 31st of October military elements detained 19 people and confiscated the following:
8 and 3/4 tonnes of marijuana
482 kilos of crystal meth
60 kilos of cocaine
28 kilos of heroin
5.3 kilos of Ice
3.5 kilos of opium gum
5080 marijuana plants
3 rifles
2 pistols
3 magazines for different rifles
41 cartridges of different calibers
7 vehicles
3 aircraft
54,000 dollars US
2,700,000 pesos Mexican
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Border Patrol snags nearly a million dollars of pot outside Alamogordo
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
Drug: Marijuana
Weight: 1,116 pounds
Discovery: Horse trailer
US border patrol agents at the Highway 70 immigration checkpoint outside of Alamogordo, were routinely inspecting vehicles when a ford truck with a trailer with three horses inside arrived. The canines alerted to the horse trailer, and a non intrusive x-ray was taken of the trailer, agents searched the trailer and found 36 packets of marijuana.
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US Customs and Border Protection officers discover 62 pounds of Cocaine
Drug: Cocaine
Weight: 62 pounds
Discovery: Car
Value: $500,000
US Customs and Border Protection Agency officers arrested a couple at the Gateway International Bridge Thursday. The officers inspected the 2005 Ford 500 with the help of a dog, and discovered the 25 packets of cocaine. A 56 year old Mexican man and a 52 year old woman were put at the disposition of Homeland Security.
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Collated with material from Proceso, Milenio, El Debate, El Paso Herald and Valley Central.com