United States v. Cheromiah

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Nina Cheromiah pled guilty to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 50 kilograms or more of marijuana. Che-romiah was a passenger in a van stopped by a Border Patrol agent near the Mexico-New Mexico border on a road known to be used by smugglers to avoid immigration checkpoints. While the Border Patrol agent determined that the van’s passengers were United States citizens, he also detected the odor of dryer sheets, a product sometimes used to mask the odors of drugs. After a consensual search, the agent discovered nearly 120 pounds of marijuana. In pleading…