<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Arizona, United States: Cannabis Enforcement Tracker</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/az/</link><description>New reports of cannabis enforcement in Arizona, United States.</description><language>en</language><item><title>1,995 pounds of marijuana found in trailer roof at San Luis</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/san-luis-trailer-roof-1995-pounds-2019/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/san-luis-trailer-roof-1995-pounds-2019/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2019-04-24. Officers at the Port of San Luis found more than 1,995 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 998,000 dollars hidden in the roof of an empty tractor-trailer on 24 April 2019. A drug dog alerted officers to nearly 170 packages in the ceiling; the 26-year-old driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.</description></item><item><title>4,100 pounds of marijuana found in sheet-metal load at Nogales</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-sheet-metal-4100-pounds-2019/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-sheet-metal-4100-pounds-2019/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2019-04-20. Officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales found more than 4,100 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 2.1 million dollars hidden in a shipment of rolled sheet metal on 20 April 2019. A drug dog alerted officers to about 600 bundles in the load; the driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.</description></item><item><title>2,800 pounds of marijuana seized in Easter weekend busts at Lukeville</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lukeville-easter-motorhome-truck-seizures-2017/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/lukeville-easter-motorhome-truck-seizures-2017/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2017-04-16. Customs officers at Arizona's Port of Lukeville arrested four US citizens and seized more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kg) of marijuana worth $1.4 million in two Easter weekend smuggling attempts. A drug dog found 2,600 pounds hidden in a motorhome on the Saturday and 150 pounds in a pickup's bed the next day.</description></item><item><title>CBP seizes 5 tonnes of marijuana hidden in pump parts at Nogales</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-vacuum-pumps-5-tonnes-2016/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-vacuum-pumps-5-tonnes-2016/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2016-12-07. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility in Nogales found more than 10,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in a shipment of vacuum pump parts on 7 December 2016. The 23-year-old Mexican driver was arrested and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.</description></item><item><title>Nogales officers seize 14,900 pounds of marijuana in two days</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-two-day-seizures-2015/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-two-day-seizures-2015/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2015-03-11. CBP officers at the Mariposa crossing seized nearly 14,900 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 7.4 million dollars in back-to-back seizures on 10 and 11 March 2015, hidden in pump components and green peppers. Both drivers were arrested and referred to Homeland Security Investigations.</description></item><item><title>Five arrested over nearly 2 tons of marijuana in Whetstone stash house</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sierra-vista-whetstone-stash-house-2014/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/sierra-vista-whetstone-stash-house-2014/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2014-07-11. Federal agents and Sierra Vista police arrested five men and seized nearly two tons of marijuana from a Whetstone stash house and a truck trailer on 11 July 2014. More than 1,200 pounds were found in the trailer and more than 2,600 pounds inside the house.</description></item><item><title>Operation Kruz Control raids Arizona stash houses; 11 arrested</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-kruz-control-arizona-takedown-2013/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/operation-kruz-control-arizona-takedown-2013/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Raid</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2013-12-13. Federal, state and local officers raided stash houses in Phoenix and Willcox on 13 December 2013, arresting 11 of 13 accused Sinaloa-linked traffickers and seizing 1,400 pounds of marijuana in the takedown of a year-long investigation.</description></item><item><title>Record 20,375-pound marijuana load found in a squash truck at Nogales</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-record-seizure-2013/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-record-seizure-2013/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2013-11-13. Customs officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales found 881 bundles weighing 20,375 pounds of marijuana hidden in a tractor-trailer of Mexican squash, then the largest load seized on Arizona's border; the driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.</description></item><item><title>Record 14,151-pound marijuana load seized at Nogales crossing</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-january-7-tons-2013/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/nogales-mariposa-january-7-tons-2013/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2013-01-15. CBP officers at the Mariposa cargo facility in Nogales seized 600 bales of marijuana weighing 14,151 pounds from a tractor-trailer on 15 January 2013, then the largest marijuana seizure at an Arizona border crossing.</description></item><item><title>SWAT team kills Jose Guerena, 26, in Tucson marijuana raid</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jose-guerena-killed-tucson-raid-2011/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/jose-guerena-killed-tucson-raid-2011/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Death</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2011-05-05. Pima County SWAT deputies shot dead 26-year-old Iraq veteran Jose Guerena at his Tucson home on 5 May 2011 while serving a search warrant in a marijuana-trafficking investigation, firing 71 rounds that struck him 22 times. No drugs were found in his house and no arrests were made; in 2013 four police agencies paid his family $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing.</description></item><item><title>Border Patrol seizes a ton of marijuana near Casa Grande</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/casa-grande-desert-ton-marijuana-2010/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/casa-grande-desert-ton-marijuana-2010/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2010-09-09. Casa Grande Station agents following off-road tire tracks through the desert seized 2,000 pounds (907 kg) of marijuana in 160 bundles plus three vehicles on 9 September 2010. The load was valued at about $1.6 million.</description></item><item><title>Tucson Border Patrol seizes 17,600 pounds of marijuana in one week</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tucson-sector-17600-pounds-week-2010/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/tucson-sector-17600-pounds-week-2010/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2010-02-12. United States Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized more than 17,600 pounds of marijuana worth over $14 million in a single week, including two Ajo Station finds of about 1,600 pounds each, the agency said on 12 February 2010.</description></item><item><title>Over 20,000 marijuana plants eradicated in Coconino National Forest</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/coconino-20000-plants-2005/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/coconino-20000-plants-2005/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Eradication</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2005-08-15. Federal and Arizona task-force officers eradicated more than 20,000 marijuana plants in the Coconino National Forest north of Strawberry in mid-August 2005, one of three linked grows in the area since July; four Mexican nationals were charged after the takedown.</description></item><item><title>Phoenix police arrest Cardinal fullback Dennis McKinley in marijuana conspiracy</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/phoenix-mckinley-conspiracy-2003/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/phoenix-mckinley-conspiracy-2003/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Arrest</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2003-06-24. Phoenix police arrested four people, including Arizona Cardinals fullback Dennis McKinley, on 24 June 2003 after searches tied to a marijuana importation ring that moved Mexican cannabis through a Phoenix warehouse to cities across the United States. The investigation had already seized more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana and led to 34 indictments.</description></item><item><title>1,900 lb of marijuana seized from fake Border Patrol SUVs in Arizona</title><link>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/arizona-fake-border-patrol-suvs-seizure-2003/</link><guid>https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/arizona-fake-border-patrol-suvs-seizure-2003/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Seizure</category><description>Arizona, United States, 2003-02-19. Federal agents stopped two SUVs painted with fake Border Patrol markings near Palominas, Arizona, before dawn on 19 February 2003 and seized about 1,900 lb (862 kg) of marijuana. One driver, an undocumented Mexican national, was arrested; the other fled.</description></item></channel></rss>