DPS catches vehicle with 10 suspected illegal immigrants

CBS5AZ.com
March 5, 2012
CHANDLER, AZ (CBS5)

One man has been taken into police custody after he fled from officers in an alleged human smuggling case.


Bart Graves with the Department of Public Safety said at about 7 a.m. Monday officers followed a vehicle with possible illegal aliens.


The vehicle pulled into Love's truck stop at Interstate 10 and Wild Horse Pass where the driver took off on foot after being approached by an officer. Police said he ran along the freeway and into the desert where he was caught.


DPS said the vehicle had 10 suspected illegal aliens from Guatemala who have been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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