U.S. Border Patrol agents found 78 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of $1.1 million stuffed into two abandoned backpacks near the Canadian border last week.
The agents in the Blaine Sector, which monitors the western part of Washington, Oregon and Alaska, found the black backpacks on the ground in a wooded area near Lynden, Wash., on Dec. 19, Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.
Inside "agents found 30 brick-like packages containing a white powdery substance. The substance was later tested and determined to be cocaine," the federal agency said.
The cocaine was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
A spokesperson said the drug was smuggled into the U.S. from Canada.
"Border Patrol on the U.S. side of the border and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police searched the other side, but no suspects were found," the spokesperson told People.
"Thanks to the vigilance of Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents these dangerous narcotics were prevented from reaching our communities," Chief Patrol Agent Rosario "Pete" Vasquez, said in a statement.
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