A man arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents on April 15 on suspicion of trying to smuggle 149 pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada will be tried in Whatcom County Superior Court.
Senior Deputy Prosecutor Craig Chambers charged Eddie C. Rivera-Sanchez, 27, with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, with intent to deliver.
According to Chambers’ probable cause affidavit:
The agents responded to activity along the U.S.-Canadian border north of Halverstick Road. Walking up a trail from Halverstick toward the border, the agents found three duffel bags containing the 149 pounds of marijuana.
Several hours later, the agents located Rivera-Sanchez 300 yards away from the trail. He was wearing socks over his shoes to mask his footprints and admitted that he was promised $500 to smuggle the drugs in to the United States. He told the agents he was with two other men who fled back into Canada.