Yuma, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint recovered a stolen vehicle and arrested two United States citizens Sunday.

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and Border Protection

Late Sunday evening, Wellton Station agents assigned to the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint encountered a 30-year-old female United States citizen driving a 2009 Honda Accord and a 31-year-old male United States citizen in the passenger seat. Agents referred the vehicle to the secondary inspection area and upon further investigation discovered the vehicle was reported stolen from Mesa, Arizona. The Arizona Department of Public Safety was notified and responded.

The driver was arrested and DPS coordinated the return of the stolen vehicle to the registered owner.