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3 weekend incidents near the border net 2,300 pounds of pot
Arizona Daily Star ^

Posted on 02/28/2006 5:07:53 PM PST by SandRat

Law enforcement authorities seized about 2,300 pounds of marijuana over the weekend in three separate incidents near the border.

At 6:30 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 191 north of Douglas, U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered two men driving a stolen Dodge pickup heading north, according to Johnny Bernal, spokes-man for Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.

When the agents attempted to stop the vehicle, the men turned around and headed back south. Agents temporarily lost sight of the pickup but found it again near Arizona 80 and Golf Course Road in east Douglas. There, the two men hit an impassable wash and ran from the pickup. Officers from the Douglas Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement ......

(Excerpt) Read more at azstarnet.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 2300pounds; border; drugs; incidents; net; pot; smuggling; weekend; wod; wodlist

1 posted on 02/28/2006 5:07:57 PM PST by SandRat
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To: SandRat

Darn thats why it cost me more for my stash for the week


2 posted on 02/28/2006 5:09:48 PM PST by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: SandRat
Bummer, dude!


3 posted on 02/28/2006 5:20:00 PM PST by Vasilli22 (http://www.richardfest.blogspot.com/)
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To: Vasilli22
Wow, that dude looks HIGH.
4 posted on 02/28/2006 5:34:24 PM PST by SIDENET ("IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!")
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To: SandRat
I feel much safer now.
5 posted on 03/01/2006 7:04:34 AM PST by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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