Pubdate: Tue, 11 Jan 2000
Source: San Luis Obispo County Tribune (CA)
Copyright: 2000 The Tribune
Contact:  P.O. Box 112, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-0112
Fax: 805.781.7905
Website: http://www.thetribunenews.com/
Author: Associated Press

POLICE FIND TWO TONS OF MARIJUANA IN TRUCK

Federal police discovered 2.87 tons of marijuana hidden in a cargo truck in
western Mexico, the attorney general's office announced Monday.

Police found the drug seperated into nearly 500 packages when they searched
the truck at a highway checkpoint near Uruapan in the state of Michoacan.

In a separate investigation, police in the central state of San Luis Potosi
found more than nearly 450 pounds of marijuana hidden in a stationary gas
tank that was among a shipment of household goods.

In the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, police discovered nearly 20
pounds of cocaine in the trunk of a car.
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