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CBP: Man Taped Pot To Torso
U.S. Citizen Tried To Smuggle Marijuana Across Border, CBP Officers Say
POSTED: 9:35 am MST December 9,
2009
UPDATED: 9:50 am MST December 9,
2009
PHOENIX -- For the second time in less than a week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained a man on suspicion of drug smuggling after discovering marijuana taped to his body, authorities said.According to a news release from CBP's Douglas Port of Entry public information officer, officers were screening travelers Tuesday night when they noticed a 21-year-old man walking "very oddly."CBP officers searched him and discovered he'd taped about two pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $3,500 to his torso, CBP said.Officers seized the marijuana and turned the man, who is a U.S. citizen and resident of Douglas, Ariz., to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for questioning.
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