Pot Seized North Of AZ/Mex. Border

June 22, 2007 09:08 PM PDT




From The KOLD News 13 Newsroom

A major drug bust just north of the Mexico border. Customs and border patrol agents seized more than 2- thousand pounds of marijuana from an abandoned pickup truck near Rio Rico.

Agents say the truck sped past officers, then pulled into a driveway. The driver and a passenger took off running.

Agents found 133 bundles of pot hidden inside the truck. The estimated street value.is more than $1.7 million dollars.

One of the suspects was arrested. The second suspect got away.

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