Border Patrol agents found a large load of marijuana Tuesday night on the Tohono O'odham Nation near the village of Gu Vo, Border Patrol officials said.
The 189 bundles were found at at about 8 p.m. in two trucks hidden in the brush southwest of the town 100 miles west of Tucson, the press release said.
Gu Vo is on Federal Route 1 . The north-south road heads to the border.
The 3,626 pounds of marijuana has an estimated street value of $1.8 million, using figures from the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the federal anti-drug analysis and intelligence center
The trucks — a 2004 Dodge and a 2003 Dodge Ram — were reported stolen from Mesa. Agents didn't find any suspects, the release stated.
The trucks were transported to the Border Patrol's Ajo Station for further processing and turned over to the Tohono O'odham Police Department. The drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Marijuana seizures are up 35 percent in the Tucson Sector over the previous fiscal year, Border Patrol figures show.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/160347.php
14-12-2006, 09:27
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