Border agents seize drugs and guns at Alamogordo checkpoint
Marijuana and 2 handguns confiscated
Headlight staff reports
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized marijuana and two firearms at the Highway 70 Checkpoint, on Sunday, May 9. Agents assigned to the Alamogordo station encountered a pickup truck with two occupants at the U.S. Border Patrol Immigration Checkpoint on U.S. Highway 70 in Alamogordo, N.M.
A search of the vehicle was conducted yielding 4.73 kilograms of marijuana, valued at $8,348, along with two 9mm pistols. Both occupants were United States Citizens with extensive immigration and criminal histories.
The vehicle, weapons and narcotics were transferred over to the Otero County Narcotics Enforcement Unit.