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WELLTON, AZ
Wellton, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents arrested three drug smugglers and seized more than a quarter million dollars worth of marijuana in the Arizona desert east of Yuma on Friday.At about 5 p.m., a CBP Office of Air and Marine helicopter pilot alerted Border Patrol agents assigned to Camp Grip that he had spotted a group of illegal aliens about five miles north of the border west of the Lukeville, Ariz.

BLYTHE, CA
Blythe, Calif. - Drug smugglers failed again to pass hidden bundles of cocaine through the U.S. Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on Highway 78 on Friday.At about 3 p.m., a 1999 Dodge Dakota with two occupants entered the checkpoint's primary inspection area

DOUGLAS, AZ
Douglas, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers apprehended an illegal immigrant that was attempting to leave the U.S. undetected. Through further investigation CBP officers learned that the illegal immigrant had been working in the U.S. as a "mule," a term used for anyone that carries marijuana bundles on their backs in an attempt to smuggle marijuana or any other contraband into the interior.