Opinion ID: 330729
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Discovery of the Marijuana Debris

Text: 6 After finding the marijuana cache, the unclear record suggests that the agents went either to the Border Patrol station at Campo or to the office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at Tecate. There is testimony that DEA agents placed Mayes under arrest at Campo; but there is also testimony that this was done at Tecate. There is no direct testimony that, before the arrest, the arresting agents knew of the discovery of the marijuana cache or had been told to make the arrest by agents who did know of it. The record does show that the marijuana from the cache, in its containers, was delivered to the DEA agents, apparently at Tecate, and placed in a special room where such evidence is kept. 1 The DEA agents also searched Mayes and found marijuana sweepings in his pockets or elsewhere in his clothing.