Three alleged drug smugglers caught Arizona/California checkpoint

BLYTHE - A narcotics smuggling checkpoint set up on the westbound Interstate 10 Freeway near the Arizona border netted three alleged drug smugglers, according to authorities.

Abraham Banuelos, 25, and Franklin Yovanni Moscoso, 24, of Omaha, Neb., and Jeremiah Seth Stoneberg, 31, of Tucson, Ariz., were arrested and booked into the Blythe jail on suspicion of possession and transportation of criminal proceeds, said Riverside sheriff's Sgt. Thomas Velarde.

They were arrested during a 24-hour operation conducted starting March 10 by the sheriff's Blythe Narcotic Enforcement Team and U.S. Border Pa...