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  • 3 weekend incidents near the border net 2,300 pounds of pot

    02/28/2006 5:07:53 PM PST · by SandRat · 4 replies · 303+ views
    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...