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San Diego - A newly deployed Border Patrol canine made an immediate impact by assisting with a 477-pound marijuana seizure in Jacumba, Calif. Tuesday.

The marijuana was discovered by a Border Patrol agent and his detector dog partner during their first shift together on Tuesday night in Jacumba. The team was on patrol when they came across nine duffel bags of marijuana stashed in the brush off of Old Highway 80, near Ribbonwood Road.

Upon the discovery, agents arrested two illegal aliens who allegedly backpacked the drugs across the border. The smuggling suspects and the marijuana were turned over to a multi-agency, anti-drug task force.

The canine, along with its Border Patrol agent handler, recently completed canine detection training and was deployed to enforcement operations this week.

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.