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K kahukini Member Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 555	K kahukini Posted posted on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 9:21 PM Garbage Truck Stopped With 2 Tons of Pot By Associated Press February 26, 2004, 8:29 PM EST SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- A garbage truck was stopped carrying more than two tons of marijuana north of Huachuca City, a Department of Public Safety official said. The truck had been driving erratically late Tuesday, said DPS Sgt. Steve Tritz. "It got my attention," Tritz said. "He was driving slow and failing to signal." The driver, who identified himself as 28-year-old Brian Rivera Martinez, said he didn't know how to drive the truck. When a drug-sniffing dog arrived, it alerted authorities to possible narcotics. DPS officers found 4,112 pounds of marijuana bundled in the area where trash would be carried. Martinez and passenger, Michael Trejo Duran Sr., 38, were arrested on suspicion of transporting and possessing marijuana for sale. United Universists http://universist.org

Garbage Truck Stopped With 2 Tons of Pot
By Associated Press
February 26, 2004, 8:29 PM EST

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- A garbage truck was stopped carrying more than two tons of marijuana north of Huachuca City, a Department of Public Safety official said.

The truck had been **driving erratically **late Tuesday, said DPS Sgt. Steve Tritz.

"It got my attention," Tritz said. "He was driving slow and failing to signal."

The driver, who identified himself as 28-year-old Brian Rivera Martinez, said he didn't know how to drive the truck.

When a drug-sniffing dog arrived, it alerted authorities to possible narcotics. DPS officers found 4,112 pounds of marijuana bundled in the area where trash would be carried.

Martinez and passenger, Michael Trejo Duran Sr., 38, were arrested on suspicion of transporting and possessing marijuana for sale.

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Post #78316 by kahukini on Fri, Feb 27, 2004 9:21 PM