YUMA: US Border Patrol agents assigned to Yuma Sector’s Wellton Station found 242 pounds of abandoned marijuana, worth $121,000, while patrolling near Gila Bend. The marijuana was processed per Yuma Sector guidelines.
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.