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viet exposition.Border Patrol fNabs Three In IBig Weed Haul IFALFURRIAS. Feb 6 lt;Spl.) pi Two men and a woman were pi arraigned in Edinburg Friday i on charges of possession of c1' marijuana after being picked 1,J up near here Thursday by Border Patrol Inspectors Andrew p* P Wright and Alexander A. (‘ Bollman. prRecovered was 130 pounds . of marijuana in four suitcases.| Officers impounded the 1960 Pontiac, bearing New York li- w 1 cense plates, in which the trio u i was riding. SlCharged before U.S. Com- m 1 missioner J. C. Hall were Raul ^Vicente Puig Y Lego. 26. Ha-p vana. Cuba: Mrs. Juana Yo- n,a lando Amoy Ken. 34. Havanan who said she was a resident g] alien of New York; and Arturo Martinez Del Campo. 53. Mex- tlico City. cii- Puig told reporters and Hall ]a that he was the property of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball a ! team. He apparently meant ^ — Los Angeles but said BrooklynPuig said he had also play- u ed professional baseball in the i ^ old Mexican League. ' cThe three were stopped by ti 1 the Border Patrol at the patrol check stop near Falfurrias. d The patrol turned them over I C to U.S. Customs officials. bA customs official said the j P marijuana was enough to make a W. 60.000 cigarettes winch would ief (See BORDER. Page 6*
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Alice Daily Echo
Alice, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 07, 1960
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