Posted: 2:58 pm MST January 25, 2010Updated: 4:30 pm MST January 25, 2010
EL PASO, Texas -- A total of 7.3 pounds of cocaine were seized Saturday night after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found the drugs hidden in the battery of a pickup truck.Officers found six cocaine-filled bundles hidden inside a battery case of a Ford F-250 pickup carrying a family of three, said CBP officials.The driver of the vehicle, 49-year-old Juan Manuel Rodriguez of Lovington, New Mexico, was arrested by CBP officers. His wife and daughter were released.During the weekend, CBP officers at the El Paso port of entry made nine additional drug busts, seizing 597 pounds of marijuana, said officers.
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Posted: 2:58 pm MST January 25, 2010Updated: 4:30 pm MST January 25, 2010
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