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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D