Border patrol seizes marijuana valued at $2 million

03:23 PM Mountain Standard Time on Friday, December 7, 2007

Border Patrol agents discovered 103 bundles of marijuana hidden in an abandoned vehicle near the Village of San Miguel, Ariz., on the Tohono O'odham Reservation Thursday.

Agents discovered vehicle tracks heading away from the border and followed them to an abandoned pickup and camper shell where they found 103 bundles of marijuana, weighing a combined 2,517 pounds, according to U.S. Border Patrol.

The truck was found to have been reported stolen out of Nogales, Ariz.

The U.S. Border Patrol said the marijuana had an estimated street value of $2,014,160 and was remanded to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

This seizure was one of several made this week.

Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector have seized more than 156,300 pounds of marijuana in October and November.

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