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02-17-2008, 03:27 AM #1
AZ: Special unit tries to plug drug corridors
TACKLING VIOLENT CRIME: Special unit tries to plug drug corridors
Jaime Richardson | Green Valley News
Burlap sacks are used to carry narcotics through the desert by drug runners, explains Deputy Paul Petropolous of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
By Jaime Richardson, Green Valley News
Published: Saturday, February 16, 2008 10:19 PM MST
A few miles west of Green Valley — and just feet from a highly trafficked roadway — lies a patch of desert trashed by drug smugglers and illegal immigrants.
Piles of discarded clothing, backpacks and water jugs, wrapped in brown paper (for camouflage) mar the landscape.
A toddler’s pink sock lies in the dirt near several burlap sacks used to smuggle narcotics.
The scene is a common one in remote areas of the Interstate 19 corridor, said Deputy Paul Petropolous of the Pima County Sheriff’s Department.
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