Agents: Grandma shipped marijuana filled holiday candles across the border
December 10, 2007 2:30 PM
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - These holiday candles smelled more like weed than pine.
A drug-sniffing dog found about 30 pounds of marijuana hidden inside six holiday candles at the Mexican border over the weekend.
Customs and Border Protection agents arrested a 17-year-old boy Saturday who said he was bringing the candles as a gift from his grandmother in Mexico to his mother in the U.S.
The boy, who has not been identified by border agents, was turned over to El Paso police.
