( CNN ) -- A marijuana bust along the U.S.-Mexico border revealed 30 pounds of the drug stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus Christ , the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Wednesday . `` This is not the first time we have seen smugglers attempt to use religious figures and articles of faith to further their criminal enterprise , '' said William Molaski , port director of the agency 's office in El Paso , Texas , in a statement . `` What some might find offensive or sacrilegious has unfortunately become a standard operating procedure for drug smugglers . This would include using religious symbols , children and senior citizens in their attempts to defeat the CBP inspection process . '' Authorities said a 22-year-old woman in a Jeep from Juarez , Mexico , told federal border patrol officers that she had nothing to declare besides the framed art . The officers checked out the vehicle with Cesar , a federal drug-sniffing dog , who alerted them to three framed pictures of Jesus in the vehicle . The officers pulled the backing of the pictures and found numerous bundles , authorities said . The woman was arrested . The bust was one of three marijuana seizures made Tuesday at the El Paso point of entry . Officers said they seized 214 pounds of marijuana in the two other busts .
Bust at U.S.-Mexico border , marijuana stuffed into framed pictures of Jesus . U.S. Customs says criminals sometimes use religious icons to hide illegal goods . Cesar , a federal drug - enforcement dog , finds the hidden marijuana . Year - old boy in a Jeep from Juarez , Mexico , arrested .