SAN DIEGO (AP) — Not bad for a rookie. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency says a drug-sniffing patrol dog on its first night on duty Tuesday helped its handler find a 477-pound load of marijuana. The agency said Thursday that the drugs were found in nine duffel bags off a remote stretch of highway in Jacumba, about 75 miles east of San Diego. The route is popular with traffickers bringing drugs into the U.S. The pooch was described as a 2-year-old male German shepherd. Agents arrested two suspected illegal immigrants who allegedly brought the drugs across the border. The marijuana is estimated to have a street value of about $380,000.
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