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.
Would I lie?
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press06/122106fs.html
I agree. But I don't understand why people refer to them as "non-violent drug offenders".
You hear this when they say these "non-violent drug offenders" should be released from prison to make room for the "real" criminals. Since most drug offenders in prison are there for dealing or trafficking drugs, I (like you) wouldn't characterize them as "non-violent".
I have no idea if you lie, Robert, but the government certainly does.
From another thread, "Second hand smoking killed more people in WI than traffic accidents last year."
From the USSG - "There are no safe levels of exposure to ETS."
From the EPA - "Radon kills more people than..." Heck, even I forget their bold-faced lie.
Since you link to another government lie wasn't clickable, I didn't bother with it.
Have you ever been introduced to the concept of a disembodied statistic? You might want to read up on it.
$500 per pound...
Mexican dirt weed.
Decent pot is worth 5 times that wholesale.
"DRUGS RUNNERS FROM THE SOUTH"
But, of curse they are.
Ah. So you have some statistics you trust that show drug use among teens is in the rise? Please share them with the class.
Now, if you have nothing of the sort, then I think I'll just stick with my numbers for the time being. Feel free to refute my statistics any time -- but please don't use "the government lies".
Have you ever been introduced to the concept of cognitive dissonance? You might want to read up on it.
Are you asserting that the government never lies?
I'm saying I trust the numbers from MTF (which does the survey).
I still want to know why you don't -- do you have conflicting data?
You think that the lower usage of marijuana relates to the price? Please.
I have to admit that I'm not up to date on current drug prices!
Deportation is not a punishment.
They will continue to break this nations laws unless they are locked up behind bars.
Maybe we can build a "special" lock up for illegals. Let Sheriff Joe run it in the AZ desert.
It's one factor, sure.
A factor, yes. But just one factor. Not sure how big of a factor, because it is definitely affordable enough for most high school kids.
Speaking of Sheriff Joe -
[begin excerpt]
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., know the frustration in that sentiment. "I don't know how to stop the drug traffic, and I've been in it for 38 years," the sheriff, widely touted as the toughest cop in the nation, told Harper's in 2001.
"I think if I knew, I'd be the president. I can give you what's been said 50 years ago. ... It's the same thing we're saying today – tough law enforcement, prevention, rehabilitation ... Nothing's changed.
The stuff coming across the border that we catch? Ten percent. Fifty years ago, 10 percent. Today, 10 percent. Nothing's changed ... I don't know how to solve the problem. Don't ask me."
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