Posted on 06/04/2014 7:28:15 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Drug smugglers pretend to be federal agency
TUCSON, Ariz. — It looked like a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service truck. But the U.S. Border Patrol says it was actually the latest in a long line of creative attempts by smugglers to get illegal drugs from Mexico into the U.S.
Agents spotted the white truck with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decals along a boundary fence in Douglas, Arizona, on Monday, while responding to reports of possible drug smuggling. When agents tried to contact those inside, the vehicle suddenly stopped and two people fled into Mexico.
Agents say they found 3,200 pounds of marijuana stashed in the truck worth an estimated $1.6 million
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Another Yahoo news item so poorly written that it sounds like a translation from Pravda.
I saw a smuggling vehicle that was painted like a BP truck. You couldn’t tell it was fake until you were within 10 yards.
Thats nothing. The ATF once pretended to be a bunch of gun smugglers.
Pretended?
There’s even a lawyer going around pretending the be the Attorney General..!
He’s so brazen he got a badge, and everything —goes in “to work”, etc.
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