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Border agents find backpack full of meth in passenger van

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U.S. Border Patrol agents seized six pounds of methamphetamine at the Interstate 19 checkpoint south of Green Valley, Friday.

The packaged drugs were found inside of a backpack found underneath the rear seat of a passenger shuttle van, according to a post on Chief Patrol Agent John R. Modlin's Twitter feed.

The meth was discovered during a secondary inspection of the vehicle.