{"id":696421,"date":"2010-03-20T00:22:15","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T04:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fbef8b2970c"},"modified":"2010-03-20T00:47:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T04:47:22","slug":"in-just-24-hours-763-pounds-of-drugs-are-seized-at-2-border-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/696421","title":{"rendered":"In just 24 hours, 763 pounds of drugs are seized at 2 border crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a95863ec970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Customsphoto\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a95863ec970b \" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a95863ec970b-640wi\" style=\"width: 620px;\"><\/img><\/a> <br \/><\/br><\/span>Customs officers intercepted 12 alleged drug smugglers in a 24-hour period at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa border crossings and seized 763 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine worth an<br \/>\nestimated $1.16 million, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The spate of arrests took place between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In three cases, authorities said the alleged smugglers were U.S. citizens who tried to walk across the San Ysidro border crossing with marijuana strapped to their bodies. <\/p>\n<p>About 7 a.m. Thursday, customs officers working with a drug-sniffing dog arrested a 19-year-old man &#8212; a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana &#8212; after he allegedly was found to be carrying four pounds of marijuana duct-taped to his sides and back. <\/p>\n<p>Less than 15 minutes later, customs officials said another officer working with a dog discovered another U.S. citizen &#8212; a 30-year-old woman who also lives in Tijuana &#8212; with two packages of marijuana strapped to her body under a girdle. <\/p>\n<p>Just after midnight Friday, officers stopped a 16-year-old girl from Chula Vista, discovering five packages of marijuana hidden in her shoes, stuffed in her bra and strapped around her stomach. <\/p>\n<p>Each suspect was arrested and booked into a local jail or juvenile hall, according to a news release issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Tony Barboza <\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: A 19-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested after allegedly trying to walk across the border from Mexico with four pounds of marijuana strapped to his body.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Credit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customs officers intercepted 12 alleged drug smugglers in a 24-hour period at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa border crossings and seized 763 pounds of marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine worth an estimated $1.16 million, authorities said Friday. The spate of arrests took place between 6 a.m. Thursday and 6 a.m Friday. In three cases, authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2625,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2VaB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2625"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}