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12-10-2008, 01:18 PM
Fake UPS truck caught delivering 2,118 pounds of marijuana
90 commentsby Meghan Walsh - Dec. 9, 2008 03:36 PM
A cloned UPS delivery truck was caught last month transporting marijuana in Tucson, officials announced Tuesday.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials pulled over the phony UPS truck on Nov. 14 because of a suspicious license plate. They found 2,118 pounds of marijuana in the back, according to a press release by DPS.
The driver fled on foot after being pulled over and is still at large.
The suspects painted the truck a similar shade of brown then attached yellow decals in the same arrangement as an authorized UPS truck. They even went as far as to make a homemade license plate with the number that is assigned to UPS in Phoenix.
The number on the impostor truck was an actual number assigned to an UPS truck in the Tucson area.
The bales of marijuana in the truck were still attached to burlap back straps, which human drug smugglers, or "mules" use to carry the drugs through the desert. The marijuana has a street value worth nearly $1.2 million.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/12/09/20081209abrk-upstruck1209-ON.html
90 commentsby Meghan Walsh - Dec. 9, 2008 03:36 PM
A cloned UPS delivery truck was caught last month transporting marijuana in Tucson, officials announced Tuesday.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officials pulled over the phony UPS truck on Nov. 14 because of a suspicious license plate. They found 2,118 pounds of marijuana in the back, according to a press release by DPS.
The driver fled on foot after being pulled over and is still at large.
The suspects painted the truck a similar shade of brown then attached yellow decals in the same arrangement as an authorized UPS truck. They even went as far as to make a homemade license plate with the number that is assigned to UPS in Phoenix.
The number on the impostor truck was an actual number assigned to an UPS truck in the Tucson area.
The bales of marijuana in the truck were still attached to burlap back straps, which human drug smugglers, or "mules" use to carry the drugs through the desert. The marijuana has a street value worth nearly $1.2 million.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/12/09/20081209abrk-upstruck1209-ON.html