A COLORADO MAN IS FINED 300 DOLLARS FOR TRYING TO BRING 230 POUNDS OF CONTRABAND CHEESE ACROSS THE BORDER INTO NEW MEXICO. FEDERAL AGENTS CAUGHT THE 50 YEAR OLD AT THE SANTA TERESA PORT OF ENTRY LATE LAST WEEK. THE CHEESE WAS PACKED INTO THREE LARGE ICE CHESTS IN THE MAN'S PICKUP TRUCK. 

 

INDIVIDUALS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BRING IN PERSONAL QUANTITIES OF CHEESE. THE MAN'S LOAD WAS FOUND TO BE COMMERCIAL SIZED.