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Up to 3.5 tons of pot is seized from truck, business; 4 arrested
Arizona Daily Star ^ | Dale Quinn

Posted on 02/09/2007 7:14:44 PM PST by SandRat

Investigators from the Counter Narcotics Alliance seized as much as 7,000 pounds of marijuana south of Downtown Thursday morning and arrested four people on drug charges, officials said.

Authorities estimated the wholesale value of the marijuana at $500 per pound, which means the bust could have a value of $3.5 million.

Members of the multi- agency Counter Narcotics Alliance raided Bearing-Belt & Chain Inc., 430 W. 22nd St., at about 8:30 a.m. and seized an estimated 5,000 pounds of marijuana, said Lt. Kelly J. Lane of the Tucson Police Department.

Earlier that day, around 6 a.m., police officers pulled over a black pickup truck with Sonoran license plates because the white trailer it was pulling had no lights, Lane said. The truck's driver and passenger appeared nervous, Lane said.

Officers said they found a firearm with its safety off and a magazine loaded with 40 rounds, along with marijuana debris on the floor of the truck.

When the officers searched the trailer, they found between 1,000 and 2,000 pounds of marijuana, Lane said. Further investigation and evidence at the scene led the police to the business on West 22nd Street.

The driver of the truck, 27-year-old Ronaldo Carrizoza Martinez of Sonora, Mexico, and the passenger, Tucsonan Luis Carlos Nido Chavez, 38, were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale; transportation of marijuana for sale; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug violation.

A front-counter salesman of Bearing-Belt & Chain Inc., 37-year-old Leland Crockwell, was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale.

Saul Carrizoza Martinez, 31, of Cumpas, Sonora, was arrested on suspicion of drug possession as he left the business in a car, Lane said.

The business appeared to be a marijuana-distribution point, and the drugs probably wouldn't have stayed there long before being moved again, Lane said.

* Contact reporter Dale Quinn at 629-9412 or dquinn@azstarnet.com.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 3tons; 420; aliens; arrests; bong; drugs; illegalaliens; immigrantlist; pot; wod; wodlist
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1 posted on 02/09/2007 7:14:47 PM PST by SandRat
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To: HiJinx; Spiff; Borax Queen; idratherbepainting; AZHSer; Sabertooth; Marine Inspector; A Navy Vet; ..

DRUGS RUNNERS FROM THE SOUTH


2 posted on 02/09/2007 7:15:58 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

The driver of the truck, 27-year-old Ronaldo Carrizoza Martinez of Sonora, Mexico, and the passenger, Tucsonan Luis Carlos Nido Chavez, 38, were arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale; transportation of marijuana for sale; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug violation.
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Just another gift from Washington, DC.


3 posted on 02/09/2007 7:16:32 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: SandRat

Nah … all for personal use, no resale here.


4 posted on 02/09/2007 7:23:42 PM PST by doc1019 (If Obama is elected as President, we will become an “Obama Nation”.)
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To: SandRat
Saul Carrizoza Martinez, 31, of Cumpas, Sonora, was arrested on suspicion of drug possession as he left the business in a car,

Just doing the job yada, yada...

5 posted on 02/09/2007 7:24:05 PM PST by Tarheel (If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere... Rudy--2008)
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To: SandRat
In related news.. a Doritos truck was stolen from downtown....
6 posted on 02/09/2007 7:30:34 PM PST by badpacifist (I want you, I need you. But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you. So don't be sad.)
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To: SandRat

Where was Nate Newton?

Cowboys' Pride. YEEEEHAWWWWWWW!!!!!


7 posted on 02/09/2007 7:31:58 PM PST by SengirV
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Officers said they found a firearm with its safety off and a magazine loaded with 40 rounds,

If the Assault Weapons Ban were still in effect, this gun could have only held 10 rounds and we'd be a lot safer.

8 posted on 02/09/2007 7:32:28 PM PST by umgud (The profound is only so to those that it is.)
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To: SandRat

$500 per pound...

Anyone know of people smuggling in corn, cabbage, or parsley? What a beautiful profit the WOD has created for those willing to take a risk. Is it any wonder that so many people kill to protect drug turf? Don't forget all of the adicts who rob and murder to get this over priced crap. Ain't the WOD wonderful?


9 posted on 02/09/2007 7:35:20 PM PST by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: Tarheel
Just doing the job yada, yada...

Love them yada jobs, LOL :)

10 posted on 02/09/2007 7:36:08 PM PST by org.whodat (Never let the facts get in the way of a good assumption.)
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Officers said they found a firearm with its safety off and a magazine loaded with 40 rounds,

Mistake, it must have been a cell phone. We all know that drug smugglers don't carry firearms according to Johnny Sutton. Sarc/

11 posted on 02/09/2007 7:37:35 PM PST by texastoo ("trash the treaties")
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Sutton's friends preparing to go after more Border Patrol I assume....?


12 posted on 02/09/2007 8:07:47 PM PST by Issaquahking (Pardon Compean and Ramos Now!)
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In a heavily redacted report obtained by FOIA, it was discovered that Christopher Sanchez had taken Johnny Sutton to his home to establish a viable explanation to downgrade the charges to possession of oregano. LOL

That Sutton, what a kidder. sarc/
13 posted on 02/09/2007 8:14:41 PM PST by healy61
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ROFL!


14 posted on 02/09/2007 8:16:38 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Is it any wonder that so many people kill to protect drug turf? Don't forget all of the adicts who rob and murder to get this over priced crap. Ain't the WOD wonderful?

My sentiments exactly. And at the risk of being flamed by FReepers (or worse), this "War On Drugs" has gone absolutely nowhere. Accomplished absolutely nothing. Drugs are still as prevelant as they were in the 60's and 70's and perhaps even more so now, since the smugglers and producers and marketers are far more organized now than they ever have been in the past.

Hard drugs aside, there is no point in continuing the prohibition on the production, distribution, and use of Marijuana. I say: legalize it, allow legitimate marketing of it, then TAX the SMITHEREENS out of the distributors of the product!!! Just like is being done with tobacco and alcohol currently, and in some pervese twist, as formerly illegal gambling has now become a cash cow for the States (Lottery, Casinos, ect)

A Modest Proposal, perhaps ... but the current state of affairs ain't working out so well (a WOD 'quagmire'?), so why not just make the stuff legal and then government regulate and tax the s**t out of it!

15 posted on 02/09/2007 8:18:33 PM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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To: SandRat

Bummer, man!


16 posted on 02/09/2007 8:21:07 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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People I know who still use this stuff and are well into their middle age, have, so far as I know, no trouble finding it and paying for it. At least, combine the Armies fighting the War On Poverty and the War On Drugs and save the taxpayers some money, that can be spent on better travel accomodations for the Speaker of the House!.


17 posted on 02/09/2007 8:24:37 PM PST by Revolting cat! (We all need someone we can bleed on...)
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To: ItisaReligionofPeace
Sad but true. Prohibition creates massive profits for those willing to take the risks.

And there will always be people willing to take the risks.

18 posted on 02/09/2007 8:30:09 PM PST by wireman
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To: EagleUSA

those dang Amish....


20 posted on 02/09/2007 8:39:37 PM PST by eeevil conservative (Religious Zealot from the Right Wing Church of Hate...............)
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