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POSTED: Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009

Border Patrol seizes $3 million in Ecstasy, cocaine near Sumas

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized about $3 million worth of Ecstasy and cocaine near Sumas Wednesday night, Sept. 2.

The agents were patrolling along the border when they spotted two people's footprints and the tracks of a heavy object being dragged along a row in a raspberry patch that went south from the U.S.-Canadian border, Agent Mike Bermudez said.

The footprints, which were eventually traced back to Canada, stopped in a residential area and the agents began searching the immediate area, Bermudez said.

While searching in some farm equipment, they located a large hockey bag that contained three backpacks, Bermudez said.

Agents found 99,000 Ecstasy pills, worth nearly $2 million, and 32 pounds of cocaine, worth about $1 million, Bermudez said.

No arrests have been made, and the drugs have been turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.