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United States Border Patrol Agents from the Houlton Sector seized 146 grams of methamphetamine, as well as 90 grams of an unidentified white powder and $29,000 cash from a vehicle abandoned on Interstate 95 near an immigration checkpoint Monday, Aug. 12. The driver of the vehicle was not located. (contributed photo/United States Border Patrol)
United States Border Patrol Agents from the Houlton Sector seized 146 grams of methamphetamine, as well as 90 grams of an unidentified white powder and $29,000 cash from a vehicle abandoned on Interstate 95 near an immigration checkpoint Monday, Aug. 12. The driver of the vehicle was not located. (contributed photo/United States Border Patrol)
Border Patrol agents seize meth on Interstate 95
United States Border Patrol agents are searching for the owner of a vehicle found abandoned Monday, Aug. 12, on Interstate 95 a short distance from where the agency was conducting an immigration checkpoint.
SHERMAN, Maine — United States Border Patrol agents are searching for the owner of a vehicle found abandoned Monday, Aug. 12, on Interstate 95 a short distance from where the agency was conducting an immigration checkpoint.
Agents spotted a Ford Mustang abandoned on the side of the highway during Monday’s immigration checkpoint just south of the Sherman exit on Interstate 95, according to Michael McCarthy, press officer for the U.S. Border Patrol.
Upon investigation, agents found $29,000 in cash inside the vehicle, along with 146 grams of methamphetamine and about 90 grams of an unidentified white powder. The U.S. Border Patrol seized the cash, narcotics and vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle was not located and the incident remains under investigation.
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