Maricopa County deputies arrest 6 suspected illegal immigrants on Interstate 17

Arizona Central
By Jack Highberger
Feb. 8, 2011

A truck carrying six suspected illegal immigrants was stopped by Maricopa County sheriff's deputies Monday night on Interstate 17 near Pioneer Road in north Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies arrested five men and one woman after they stopped the truck for having an expired vehicle registration, said Jeff Sprong, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office. Authorities believe all six people taken into custody are from Mexico.

Four of them were taken to the Fourth Avenue Jail and booked on suspicion of human smuggling. The remaining two were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for processing.

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