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Friday, February 05, 2010
Girl Nabbed at N.M. Border Crossing With More Than Five Pounds of Pot
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, N.M. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in southern New Mexico have seized more than five pounds of marijuana hidden inside a backpack carried by a 14-year-old girl who walked across the border from Mexico.
The discovery was made Thursday in Columbus, N.M.
The girl, a United States citizen from Surprise, Ariz., was selected for a secondary exam. While searching the backpack, officers found five blocks of marijuana.
The girl was remanded to a border crimes task force.
Her identity is not being disclosed because she is a juvenile.
Each school day, several hundred school-age children from Palomas, Mexico, cross the border to attend classes in Columbus and Deming. However, a Customs spokesman said the girl detained Thursday had recently moved to Palomas and "was not a regular crosser."
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