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CBP Officers Announce Record Drug Busts

By Marco Grajeda

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Las Cruces, NM – More than 3.3 million pounds of illegal narcotics were confiscated along the U.S./ Mexico Border during a nine-month period, a 64 % increase compared to the previous year, according to federal officials. As KRWG's Marco Grajeda reports, officials credit an increase in personnel and new strategies for the jump in confiscations.