MARIJUANA NEWS
February 2008

February 04, 2008  Green Valley, Arizona
Arizona DPS seizes 1,110 pounds of marijuana after a vehicle pursuit

February 04, 2008  Hebbronville, Texas
Border Patrol finds 2,574 pounds of marijuana hidden in load of cotton seed

February 06, 2008  Interstate 19, Arizona
Border Patrol agents find 1,916 lbs of marijuana in a tractor trailer

February 11, 2008  Highway 85, Arizona
Previously deported Jesus Salas-Lizarraga arrested with stolen vehicle and several hundred pounds of marijuana

February 12, 2008  Highway 281, Texas
Border Patrol at checkpoint finds 5,701 pounds of marijuana inside of tractor trailer full of pineapples

February 13, 2008  Arizona
Border Patrol agents seize over 2,000 pounds of marijuana in two incidents

February 24, 2008  Arizona
Border Patrol seizes nearly a ton of marijuana in two incidents

February 25, 2008  El Paso, Texas
Customs officers find over 400 pounds of marijuana in smuggling attempts involving concealment within furniture

February 25, 2008  El Paso, Texas
Alberto Piedra Gutierrez of Mexico was arrested with over a ton of marijuana

February 26, 2008  Welton, Arizona
Border Patrol seizes over 3,000 pounds of marijuana from smugglers

February 27, 2008  San Luis, Arizona
Customs arrests a man with 247 pounds of marijuana at port of entry

February 29, 2008  Rio Rico, Arizona
Border Patrol seizes 5,035 of marijuana in an abandoned tractor trailer

February 29, 2008  Tucsan, Arizona
Border Patrol seizes over 8,000 pounds of marijuana in 4 different incidents