Trucker arrested after 9,500 pounds of pot seized

Apr. 14, 2010 05:06 PM
Associated Press .

NOGALES, Ariz. - Federal authorities say a Mexican truck driver has been arrested after more than 9,500 pounds of marijuana was found in his shipment of watermelons being driven into Arizona.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at the Mariposa port of entry stopped a big rig driven by the unidentified 40-year-old man for an agriculture inspection Tuesday afternoon.

They say a drug-sniffing dog alerted authorities to the presence drugs in the shipment and 390 bales of marijuana was found in the trailer. The marijuana had an estimated street value of more than $21 million. The driver was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

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