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Yuma, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector seized 200 pounds of marijuana left abandoned in a citrus grove.

Yesterday at about 10:30 p.m., a Yuma sector agent observed five individuals enter the United States illegally across the Colorado River near County 13th Street. Each individual carried a bundle as they entered into a grove of citrus trees.

As the agent responded to the area, the five individuals absconded back to Mexico empty handed. The agent then tracked the footprints of the subjects into the citrus groves and after a thorough search of the area, found five “backpack-style” bundles of marijuana with a total combined weight of 200 pounds.

The marijuana, which has an estimated street value of $160,000.00, was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.