ARIZONA
Marijuana seized on reservation
TUCSON -- U.S. Border Patrol agents seized more than 3,300 pounds of marijuana over the weekend after chasing suspected drug smugglers on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. Agents estimated the value of the marijuana at about $2.6 million.
Two of the suspects fled into the desert Saturday and returned to Mexico, but agents arrested a third man, Border Patrol spokesman Rob Daniels said. Agents found 166 bundles of marijuana in the suspects' two vehicles, which had been stolen in Phoenix, he said. The marijuana was turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Mr. Daniels said Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was turned over to the DEA for prosecution. He was charged in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Monday with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1,000 kilos or more of marijuana.
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