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Thursday, December 14, 2006

BP agents find 1.8 tons of marijuana hidden in 2 trucks on O'odham land

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Border Patrol agents found a large load of marijuana Tuesday night on the Tohono O'odham Nation near the village of Gu Vo, Border Patrol officials said.

The 189 bundles were found at at about 8 p.m. in two trucks hidden in the brush southwest of the town 100 miles west of Tucson, the press release said.

Gu Vo is on Federal Route 1 . The north-south road heads to the border.

The 3,626 pounds of marijuana has an estimated street value of $1.8 million, using figures from the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the federal anti-drug analysis and intelligence center

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