Rookie patrol dog sniffs out SoCal marijuana stash
February 19, 2009
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SAN DIEGO—Not bad for a rookie. A drug-sniffing patrol dog on its first night on duty found a 477-pound stash of marijuana, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Thursday.
The 2-year-old male German shepherd was working with its handler Tuesday night when it discovered the drugs stashed in nine duffel bags off Old Highway 80 in Jacumba, some 75 miles east of San Diego, the agency said in a statement.
The remote stretch of border is a popular route for traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S.
Agents arrested two suspected illegal immigrants who allegedly brought the drugs across the border, the agency said.
The drugs were estimated to have a street value of about $380,000.
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