Border Patrol seizes nearly 2 tons of pot in Ariz.

Posted: 5:54 PM
By: Associated Press

TUCSON, AZ - Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector have seized more than 3,750 pounds of marijuana from a tractor-trailer at the Interstate 19 checkpoint at Nogales, Ariz.

Authorities say the marijuana has an estimated value of more than $3 million.

Agents referred the big rig for a secondary inspection Thursday. They say a Border Patrol canine unit found a hidden compartment in the trailer where more than 3,750 pounds of marijuana was discovered.

Authorities say the trailer and marijuana were seized and the unidentified driver of the rig was arrested.

The Border Patrol says the Tucson Sector is the busiest on the southwest border, covering 262 miles from the Yuma county line to the Arizona-New Mexico state line.

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