CBP agent charged with drug possession after search of Horizon City home

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Published September 2, 2020 7:40 PM

HORIZON CITY, Texas -- A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and THC products, officials confirmed Wednesday.

37-year-old Karina Padilla was arrested at a home in Horizon City last week
after Texas Department of Public Safety agents served a search warrant.

Padilla has been a CBP employee for eleven years and was assigned to the Ysleta Port of Entry.

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