YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents from Wellton Station arrested three homicide suspects Saturday while working the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint.
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Agents referred the rental vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Charger, to the secondary inspection area after a positive National Crime Information Center (NCIC) alert of “armed and dangerous.” Agents conducted routine checks on the vehicle and occupants and learned all three males were wanted for a double homicide investigation out of Montclair, California.
During the course of the investigation, agents also located about six pounds of marijuana that has an estimated street value of $2,100.
Agents initiated extradition of the three suspects and seized the marijuana.