14,395 Ecstasy pills confiscated: 2 held in biggest seizure at El Paso border
More from the Stoopid Criminul Trix file:
Customs and Border Protection inspectors have confiscated a record $287,900 worth of the hallucinogenic drug Ecstasy at the Bridge of the Americas.
Roger Maier, spokesman for the agency, said two El Paso men have been arrested in connection with the smuggling attempt of 14,395 white-chalky Ecstasy tablets, which have a street value of about $20 each.
The drugs, weighing a combined 10 pounds, were found Wednesday wrapped in 14 bundles on the bodies of Jesus Lorenzo Guerra, 25, of the 10800 block of Cardigan Drive and Christopher Serrano, 25, of the 400 block of Carolina Drive, officials said.
Maier said the men attempted to smuggle the drugs into the United States while riding in a 2000 Plymouth Neon. The drugs were confiscated during a second inspection of the car after an inspector noticed "an unusual bulge" in Guerra's groin area.
A search of Guerra revealed packages of the drug hidden in his underwear and strapped to body parts below his waist, Maier said. While being questioned by inspectors Guerra allegedly told them Serrano, who was driving the car, also had drugs hidden on his body, Maier said.
Of course, Maier failed to mention that the El Paso Border Patrol office was planning on having one hell of a party later that night....
