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Three tons of marijuana seized on ranch near Falcon Lake
Posted: 01.11.2013 at 7:07 PM
Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

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Three men are behind bars south of the border after authorities caught them with more than three tons of marijuana.

It all happened at a ranch just outside of Guerrero, Tamaulipas on Thursday.

Mexican Navy officials reported that marines were patrolling the area in a helicopter when they spotted the men.

Ground patrols arrived at the ranch, arrested the men and seized the marijuana as well as a rocket launcher.

The ranch is located off the Kilometer 141 marker of the Nuevo Laredo-Reynosa Highway on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake.\

The men’s names were not released but Mexican Navy officials reported they have been turned over to federal prosecutors in Reynosa.


LA ARMADA DE MÉXICO ASEGURA MÁS DE TRES TONELADAS DE PRESUNTA MARIHUANA EN TAMAULIPAS

México, D.F.-  En el marco de las operaciones que realiza personal de la  Secretaría de Marina-Armada de México para coadyuvar a mantener el Estado de Derecho en Tamaulipas, ayer fueron aseguradas, en un rancho del municipio de Guerrero, tres personas en posesión de tres toneladas de hierba verde con las características de la marihuana, así como de un lanza granadas.

Lo anterior se llevó a cabo durante un patrullaje terrestre y aéreo en las inmediaciones del kilómetro 141, sobre la carretera Federal 2, Nuevo Laredo –Reynosa, donde se localizaron a tres personas en posesión de 343 paquetes de hierba verde, de aproximadamente 10 kilogramos cada uno, además de un paquete de menor dimensión y cantidad.

Las personas aseguradas, arma y presunta droga fueron puestas a disposición del Agente del Ministerio Público Federal de Ciudad Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

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