(Border Patrol agents recover a stolen vehicle)…It happened early Friday morning.
Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle on Interstate 10. A records check on the SUV revealed the license plate belonged to a different vehicle, and the SUV had been reported stolen. An additional records check revealed the occupants of the vehicle, the male driver and female passenger, both had warrants issued for each of them. The driver, a 39 year old male from Laguna Woods, California, had an extraditable warrant out of California for dangerous drugs. The female, a 30 year old from Louisiana had a warrant issued in her home state. Border Patrol agents also found a small amount of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The driver and the passenger were arrested for the warrants and possession of a stolen vehicle.