Tucson Border Patrol seizes 17,600 pounds of marijuana in one week
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.
🇺🇸 Tucson Sector, Arizona (Western Corridor; Ajo Station area) · Arizona, United States
United States Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized more than 17,600
pounds (about 7,983 kg) of marijuana, worth over $14 million, in a single week,
the agency said on 12 February 2010.[1]Agents in the Western Corridor took
the bulk of it, more than 12,000 pounds.[1]
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Ajo Station agents using night-vision goggles spotted a sport utility vehicle
driving without lights in the desert on Monday night; its occupants fled, and
agents found 77 bundles of marijuana worth more than $1.3 million.[1]On
Wednesday, Ajo agents following tire tracks found an abandoned vehicle holding
another 1,600 pounds of marijuana.[1]The agency said the sector had seized
more than 350,000 pounds worth over $287 million in the first four months of
fiscal year 2010, putting it on course to break the prior year’s record of 1.2
million pounds.[1]
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