The Immigration Department may have tried to put a clamp down on the Botes border crossing, but traffic keeps coming through - and today it was a mixture of weed with contraband onions and potatoes. The sacks of white onions and large potatoes were in the pan of an Isuzu pickup truck which refused to stop at a customs checkpoint at Yo Creek this evening. From there the pickup hightailed it into Orange Walk town, where high speed led it to a crash into a concrete fence post. Customs personnels were pursuing it and the driver dashed out of the truck with a black plastic bag believed to contain drugs. He escaped and customs has impounded the pickup and the contraband produce.
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The Immigration Department may have tried to put a clamp down on the Botes border crossing, but traffic keeps coming through - and today it was a mixture of weed with contraband onions and potatoes. The sacks of white onions and large potatoes were in the pan of an Isuzu pickup truck which refused to stop at a customs checkpoint at Yo Creek this evening. From there the pickup hightailed it into Orange Walk town, where high speed led it to a crash into a concrete fence post. Customs personnels were pursuing it and the driver dashed out of the truck with a black plastic bag believed to contain drugs. He escaped and customs has impounded the pickup and the contraband produce.