Deputies arrest illegal immigrants (Springfield News-Leader)

Deputies arrest illegal immigrants
FEBRUARY 20, 2010

Pulaski County deputies stopped a 2004 Dodge truck Thursday for weaving across the center line, and found the driver and his passenger were both in the country illegally, according to a news release from Pulaski County Sheriff J.B. King.

The driver made statements that they were looking for a lost friend driving a black vehicle; the deputy connected the lost vehicle to a vehicle involved in a $10 million drug bust that took place Tuesday, said King.

"They were here to recover the load," said King. "You could call it a loose conspiracy."

Both men in the truck are believed to be from the Kansas City area. They were taken to the Pulaski County Jail and then turned over to Immigration Customs Enforcement office in Springfield; they will likely face deportation to Mexico.

The 2004 Dodge the men were driving was seized by the sheriff's office pending filing of formal civil forfeiture proceedings through the Pulaski County Prosecutor.