FIFTEEN POUNDS OF HEROIN IS WHAT U-S BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAY THEY FOUND IN A VEHICLE GOING THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT NEAR ALAMOGORDO ON TUESDAY. THREE 18 YEAR OLDS IN THE VEHICLE WERE ARRESTED, TWO FROM EL PASO AND AN THIRD FROM MEXICO. THEY ARE NOW CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY AND POSSESSION OF HEROIN WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE.
THE THREE TEENS MADE THEIR INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE IN LAS CRUCES THURSDAY MORNING. IF THEY’RE CONVICTED THEY FACE A MANDATORY MINIMUM PENALTY OF TEN YEARS AND A MAXIMUM OF LIFE IN FEDERAL PRISON.
