U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents made a third significant drug seizure this week at a highway traffic checkpoint. Border Patrol agents discovered 2,226 pounds of marijuana in a 1997 tractor-trailer that was bound for Michigan. Yesterday, at approximately 8:30 p.m., agents assigned to the U.S. 54 checkpoint outside of Alamogordo encountered a tractor-trailer that drove into the primary inspection area. The driver of the truck, a U.S. Citizen from Tennessee, was questioned about the contents of cargo. Full Story