Ivan Ortiz: Puerto Rico

2004 Ford Expedition Dept: Local police stopped the 2004 Ford Expedition on a toll road near the central town of Caguas for a traffic violation, and the driver pull over, said spokesman Ivan Ortiz. Then the driver took off running into the surrounding woods, according to Calgary Herald. Ortiz said the driver was never caught and no arrests have been made. Authorities don't know the source or the destination of the drugs. The U.S. island territory has become a major transshipment point for South American cocaine bound for the mainland. Seizures the size of that on Wednesday have become fairly common in the ocean off Puerto Rico sea but are unusual for a stopped vehicle on the island and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - An SUV has been stopped in Puerto Rico with a load of cocaine valued by federal agents at $16 million dollars, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday. The officers quickly discovered why: Inside the SUV, they found bales of cocaine totalling 700 kilograms 1,543 pounds and called in federal agents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.