Posted on 06/10/2011 4:33:11 PM PDT by SandRat
TUCSON — In three separate incidents over a 24-hour period, Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 1,940 pounds of marijuana with an estimated value of $970,000.
Yesterday morning, Ajo station agents working northwest of Lukeville discovered 11 bundles of marijuana abandoned in the desert. The narcotics, weighing 569 pounds with an estimated value of $284,500, were seized and transported to the Ajo station for processing.
Early Thursday, the Ajo station All Terrain Vehicle Unit discovered 14 bundles of marijuana abandoned in the desert northeast of Lukeville with assistance from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter. The narcotics, weighing 710 pounds with an estimated value of $355,000, were seized and transported to the Ajo station for processing.
Also yesterday, agents assigned to the Sonoita Station Horse Patrol Unit and a Border Patrol canine team discovered 13 bundles of marijuana hidden by smugglers underneath brush. The marijuana, weighing 661 pounds with an approximate value of $330,500, was transported to the Sonoita Station for processing.
Abandoned narcotics are a direct result of the Border Patrol’s increased efforts to disrupt and deny transnational criminal organizations from operating in the Tucson Sector. Smugglers will often abandon their drug loads rather than risk apprehension and face prosecution
Since launching the Southwest Border Initiative in March 2009, the Department of Homeland Security has made significant investments towards establishing a secure and safe border environment and improving the quality of life throughout the communities in the state of Arizona.
The Border Patrol welcomes assistance from the community. Report suspicious activity by calling toll free 1-877-872-7435. All calls will be answered and will remain anonymous.
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So, how does this work? Illegals used by narco’s to bring in backpaks of pot? How do they move pricier, smaller quantities of hard drugs? What about transport and warehousing for distribution inland?
You’d think we could follow the trail and whack a lot of dealers inland. We can, evidently send guns south of the border and track them.
Seized? More like tripped over.
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a bust of Cheech and Chong proportions!
Idiot reporter doesn't know weed isn't a narcotic?
This is “dirt weed”. Real Americans buy American!
Yeah, we assigned fourty or fifty deputies, they're back in the processing room right now...
My math shows that this pot is 30 dollars an ounce. Apparently the price hasn’t gone up since the early 80’s.
And they use the word narcotics. Pot is a narcotic now? I remember hashish being a narcotic. What am I missing?
Even more, if it’s the medicinal crap at $400 per quarter ounce. LOL!
Narcotics means all drugs now, according to reporters.
Hashish isn’t a narcotic either.
Heroin, morphine, codeine, those are narcotics.
Today's weed ain't your daddy's weed. That is unless it's Mexican Shweg crap, which you might as well leave in the desert if you're bringing it to American distribution.
As a responsible citizen, I would need to, confiscate this, and dispose of it, accordingly........
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