Border patrol seizes 80 pounds of cocaine near Temecula

TEMECULA (CNS) - Nearly 80 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorist

at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Temecula, authorities said today.

The 76-pound seizure happened shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday on

Interstate 15, just north of the Riverside County line, according to Border

Patrol spokesman Mark Endicott.

He said agents stopped the driver of a 2005 Honda Accord at the

checkpoint based on suspicions he might be involved in illicit activity. A drug-

sniffing canine was turned loose on the Honda and immediately alerted to the

presence of narcotics, Endicott said.

The 50-year-old drive...