Agents seize 50,000 Ecstasy pills in border bust

By By The Associated Press

Story Created: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:25 AM EST

Story Updated: Jul 3, 2009 at 9:25 AM EST

MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) - Federal authorities are charging two Canadian men with trying to smuggle $1.5 million in Ecstasy across the border at the Massena port of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 53-year-old Mitchell David and 50-year-old Silas Benedict Wednesday night after finding 50,000 Ecstasy star-shaped tablets stuffed inside a spare tire in plastic sandwich bags.

The two men, of Cornwall Island, were charged with importation and possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.

Federal prosecutors in Syracuse are handling the case. Officials said the men did not yet have attorneys.

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