Deputies Arrest 8 Smugglers and Seize 400 Pounds of Marijuana

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Florence- On August 19 at 8:30 p.m., a Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy working with the Anti-Smuggling Unit, attempted to stop a 2005 Ford van driving north on Anderson Road, near Stanfield, Ariz. The van did not yield and continued driving eastbound into the desert area at Eclipse Road. The van stopped and 8 males jumped out and fled into the surrounding farm lands.

The deputies secured the now unoccupied van and discovered 402 pounds of marijuana in 9 packaged bales inside. They also found a camouflaged backpack containing 7 portable radios.

Responding units from the PCSO and the US Border Patrol set up a perimeter around the area the suspects were last seen.

 

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