3 Arrested in Pinal County Marijuana Seizure
Updated: Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010, 7:15 PM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 12 Oct 2010, 7:15 PM MDT

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — Three illegal immigrants have been arrested after authorities seized more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana in the Pinal County.

County sheriff's deputies acted on a tip Monday and raided a home in Stanfield. Three men fled the scene on foot, but were quickly taken into custody.

Deputies say 5,044 pounds of packaged marijuana was found in two vehicles and a storage unit. They say 49-year-old Luis Jorge Aguirre, 25-year-old Andres Nunez Lopez and 27-year-old Jesus Enrique Espinoza-Rueles all have been charged with possession of marijuana for sale.

The three men told authorities that they traveled with the drugs in vehicles that recently crossed the U.S. border.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/cr ... 10-12-2010