U.S. Customs and Border                              Protection officers on Wednesday found 280 pounds of marijuana inside metal boxes that were in an exterior toolbox and fuel tank in the bed of a pickup at the Zaragoza Bridge. (Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
A Juárez man was arrested Wednesday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers allegedly found 280 pounds of marijuana inside steel boxes in a pickup at the Zaragoza Bridge. CBP officials said the marijuana was in 11 metal boxes that were inside an exterior toolbox and fuel tank in the bed of a Ford F-250. Alejandro Rodriguez Torres, 24, was arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling. He was jailed without bond. Officials said the case was one of four marijuana seizures Wednesday on the El Paso border totalling 524 pounds of marijuana.
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