Border Patrol agents seize $71,000 worth of marijuana

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Border Patrol agents seize $71,000 worth of marijuana

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YUMA, Ariz. (KSWT News 13) — Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents found two abandoned bundles of marijuana today near the Butterfield exit on I-8 near Gila Bend.

Together, the bundles weighed 142 pounds and are worth an estimated $71,000.

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