NAZ Today » Six Bundles http://www.naztoday.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:22:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Border Patrol Busts 6 Suspected Drug Smugglers http://www.naztoday.com/news/arizona/2010/03/border-patrol-busts-6-suspected-drug-smugglers/ http://www.naztoday.com/news/arizona/2010/03/border-patrol-busts-6-suspected-drug-smugglers/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:38:04 +0000 Ryan Gahris http://www.naztoday.com/?p=10136 WELLTON, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents arrested six suspected smugglers and seized several bundles of marijuana Saturday morning in a desolate desert area of southwestern Arizona.

Federal authorities detected and illegal entry of six people approximately 30 miles west of the Lukeville Port of Entry, south of Ajo (AH’-hoh), and tracked the group for nearly three hours across the harsh desert terrain.

Six bundles of marijuana weighing 262 pounds with an estimated street value of $209,600 was recovered.

Border Patrol agents turned the suspected smugglers and marijuana over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.

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