DEL RIO, TEXAS, November 13, 2014 ─ API
US Customs and Border Protection Agents search the,hilly, desert terrain near Del Rio, Texas today when a CBP drone captured images of thousands of Gnomes crossing into the United States from Mexico.
"There has been an influx of undocumented Gnomes from China and elsewhere in the past week or so. This is puzzling to us at the moment", said Chief Inspector Jorge Gonzalez of the Del Rio CBP Office.
API has learned that a commercial vehicle transporting 500 undocumented Gnomes was stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint near El Paso, Texas, Tuesday . Agents discovered them hiding inside the trailer with the help of a tip. The Gnomes were taken into custody and there is no comment on the investigation at this time.
Chief Inspector Gonzalez said,"The driver of the truck told CBP Agents that he was paid 4,000 credits by unknown individuals from San Francisco, California to traffic them to a drop off point in that city."