Border patrol takes more than 1,000 pounds of pot
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Nearly 1,300 pounds of marijuana were seized by border patrol agents during five separate traffic stops over the weekend.
The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that the largest bust included 703 pounds of marijuana that was hidden in a load of frozen food being transported by a tractor-trailer.
Agents found the stash during a stop Saturday at a checkpoint along U.S. 70 near Alamogordo, according to a news release from the bureau.
Police shoot non-lethal projectiles at protesters
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police opened fire with non-lethal projectiles at an anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland on Monday, injuring at least a dozen demonstrators and six longshoremen standing nearby.
Most of the 500 demonstrators were dispersed peacefully, but police shot the projectiles at two gates when protesters refused to move and some of them allegedly threw rocks and bolts. The longshoremen, pinned against a fence, were caught in the line of fire.
