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Benson Woman Arrested with Half-a-Million Dollars in Marijuana

Release Date
Thu, 06/08/2017

TUCSON, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents from Tucson Sector’s Sonoita Station seized more than 1,100 pounds of marijuana earlier today from a Benson woman.

At approximately 5 a.m., a Border Patrol agent stopped a Mitsubishi Montero on State Route 83, north of Sonoita, for an immigration inspection. While questioning the driver, the agent noticed a piece of black plywood separating the cabin from the rest of the vehicle. The agent subsequently searched the vehicle with his canine partner and discovered 50 bundles of marijuana in the back.

The marijuana, worth in excess of half-a-million dollars, was seized and the driver, a U.S. citizen, was arrested for smuggling a controlled substance.

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021