Border Patrol agents seize marijuana from an abandoned vehicle. Photo: Border Patrol
Yuma, AZ–Several incidents during the weekend resulted in the seizure of 1,658 pounds of marijuana, worth $829,000, and the arrest of 12 illegal aliens.
On Dec. 4, Wellton Station Border Patrol agents seized 469 pounds of marijuana, valued at an estimated $234,500, and arrested five undocumented individuals in the Sonoran Desert.
The following morning, Yuma Station Border Patrol agents seized a vehicle and an estimated $359,500 worth of marijuana after its occupants illegally crossed into the U.S. through a shallow point of the Colorado River and became inoperable.
Six people evaded arrest by running back to Mexico, abandoning 719 pounds of marijuana.
On December 5, Wellton Station Border Patrol agents seized two abandoned bundles of marijuana, weighing 45 pounds and valued at an estimated $22,500, discovered by Air and Marine Operations’ Yuma Branch pilots.
On Dec. 6, Border Patrol agents assigned to Camp Grip, Yuma Sector’s forward operating base, seized an abandoned ATV and 247 pounds of marijuana. The drugs are valued at an estimated $123,500.
Border Patrol agents arrested seven undocumented individuals and seized 178 pounds of marijuana valued at an estimated $89,000.
