Marijuana Crimes

Border Patrol checkpoints near Yuma nab hordes of pot users headed back from the beach

Border Patrol Seizes 971 Pounds of Marijuana Being Carried on Horseback

U.S. Border PatrolOne of several horses border agents say were used to bring more than 900 pounds of pot over the border​U.S. Border Patrol Agents made two substantial drug busts this week resulting in the seizure of about 2,400 pounds of weed, 971 of which were being moved on horseback.On Sunday ... More >>

Shirtless DUI Suspect Passes Out in Front of Cop During Stop

www.yeah-oops.com Feelin' a little wobbly?​If you're too fucked up to stay conscious when getting questioned by a cop, you're too fucked up to be driving a car, stupid.A California man learned that lesson the hard way after passing out in front of a Yavapai County Sheriff's deputy ... More >>

Marijuana and Watermelons Redux, Redux; More Than 500 Pounds of Weed Found in Truck Carrying Watermelons -- Again

DPS That stuff wrapped in paper is ganja.​For some reason, moving weed with trucks full of watermelons is a big hit with drug dealers. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be a very effective method of transport. For the third time in less than a year a huge amount of marijuana was ... More >>

Weed and ATVs: Border Patrol Snags Both in Latest Marijuana Bust

www.rowox.comWhere's the weed at? The Arizona desert, that's where.​Border Patrol agents made another substantial weed bust yesterday and as well as becoming the new owners of hundreds of pounds of weed, agents got some sweet, new toys out of the deal, too.Agents on patrol near Three Points notice ... More >>

U.S. Border Patrol Nabs More Than 1,600 Pounds of Weed in One Weekend

www.pollsb.com​U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona have been pretty busy in their war-against-weed, nabbing more than 1,600 pounds of the icky in three separate busts last weekend.The first of the weekend's three big busts happened Friday afternoon when agents working at a checkpoint on Hig ... More >>

Gilbert Man Arrested After Trying to Trade Weed for iPad on Craigslist

Jacob Walker allegedly tried to trade weed for an iPad on Craigslist.​A Gilbert man was arrested Wednesday after police say he and a friend posted an ad on Craigslist hoping to trade an iPod Touch and some weed for an iPad. Based on what we've heard about the iPad, 20-year-old Jacob Walker ... More >>

Marijuana, Shotgun, and Meth Found in Pinal County Man's Truck. Weed Was for "Health Reasons"

Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeCasey Amos​A convicted felon in Pinal County hit the trifecta in terms of shit you shouldn't have in your pickup truck -- cops found weed, a sawed-off shotgun, and crystal meth after he wrecked his truck near Arizona City yesterday.Cops responded to the accident and fo ... More >>

Phoenix Man Says He Was "Turning Into Charcoal" -- So He Whipped It Out and Attacked Woman; Weed Possibly to Blame

MCSO Weed apparently made Manuel Robinson feel like he was "turning into charcoal."​We're not sure what "turning into charcoal" would feel like (and we're pretty sure it's not even possible), but apparently it can cause a person to pull out his junk in public and attack a stranger.About 7:3 ... More >>

Eight Members of Hells Angels' Rival Motorcycle Gang, Vagos, Arrested in "Operation Sand Castle"

www.agingerbel.com​Eight members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested yesterday in a massive roundup of alleged motorcycle gangsters -- dubbed "Operation Sand Castle" -- believed to be involved in a July brawl at Rio Lomas Beach in Bullhead City.On July 18, police r ... More >>

"Rip Crew" Uses Fake Cop Car to Attempt to Steal Weed

Pinal County Sheriff's OfficeThis was the scene along I-8 near the Vekol Valley on Saturday night.​Pinal County sheriff's deputies say a "rip crew" used a car made to look like a police cruiser to make a traffic stop on another vehicle, in which there just happened to be about 320 pounds of weed.A ... More >>

Murdered Father of Murdered 6-Year-Old Was a Drug Dealer

​A Phoenix man found shot to death at his home the day before his 6-year-old son was found murdered in an alley was a drug dealer, court records show.The boy, Xavier Jaquez, was found shot to death Tuesday morning in an alley near his mother's home, near 65th Avenue and Indian School Road, by a C ... More >>

Brother/ Uncle of Murdered Phoenix Father and Son Eyed in Slayings

Christopher Licon​The brother of a Phoenix man found shot to death in his home earlier this week is a suspect in the man's murder. He's also a suspect in the murder of his brother's son -- the suspect's 6-year-old nephew, who was found shot to death in alley, the Phoenix Police Department announce ... More >>

Christopher Licon Charged With Murder and Kidnapping in Deaths of Brother and Nephew

Phoenix Police DepartmentChristopher Licon is accused of murdering his own brother and 6-year-old nephew.​It seemed only a matter of time, but the uncle of a 6-year-old boy found shot to death in a Phoenix alley last month has been charged with murder and kidnapping for the death of the boy and hi ... More >>

Federal Grand Jury Indicts 34 in Gun and Drug Trafficking Ring

www.world.guns.ru​A federal grand jury has indicted 34 people in a massive drug and firearm trafficking ring. The indictment, unsealed this morning, alleges that defendants were helping supply Mexican drug cartels with weapons bought in Arizona. The indictment alleges that between September 2009 a ... More >>

Surprise Dad Tells Cops 14-Year-Old Stole Weed From His Son

www.libertypundits.com​Attention drug dealers: when your weed gets ripped off by a 14-year-old kid, the cops are the absolute last people you want to tell about it. A Surprise man apparently didn't get the memo.Police arrested 35-year-old Sean Corwin earlier this week after they found him pounding ... More >>

North Phoenix Traffic Stop Leads Cops to Drugs, Guns, Cash Galore

www.rockmnation.com​Carrying around $14,000 in cash is a bit suspicious. Throw a few guns, brass knuckles, knives, burglary tools, marijuana, meth, and heroin into the mix, and cops are definitely going to ask questions, which they did of a Phoenix man yesterday. Mark Anthony Kukawski racked up si ... More >>

Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Introduced by GOP State Rep John Fillmore

  Rep. John Fillmore, R-Apache Junction, wants to make a possession of marijuana a petty offense, subject to a $100 fine.​The voter-approved medical marijuana system doesn't go far enough for one Republican lawmaker. Under a bill introduced by Representative John Fillmore of Apa ... More >>

Weed Stench Leads Cops to Forest of Marijuana Inside Chandler Home

Chandler Police DepartmentSir Jorien Dwayne Marcette Jackson's house reeks of weed.​If you were to grow more than 300 weed plants inside your house, here's a bit of information that might come in handy next time you're in the Febreeze aisle at Walmart: it's gonna stink. A Chandler man's indoor wee ... More >>

Weed Stench Leads Cops to Forest of Marijuana Inside Chandler Home

Chandler Police DepartmentSir Jorien Dwayne Marcette Jackson's house reeks of weed.​If you were to grow more than 300 weed plants inside your house, here's a bit of information that might come in handy next time you're in the Febreeze aisle at Walmart: it's gonna stink. A Chandler man's indoor wee ... More >>

Cops Pull Over Semi on I-17; Find Old Juice and 1,300 Pounds of Pot

DPS"Made possible by the grace of God": 1,308 pounds of weed​Here's another tip from the wide world of marijuana transportation: Apparently a bunch of expired juice boxes isn't a good cover for hauling more than 1,300 pounds of weed. Nonetheless, police allege 45-year-old Wendell M. Stoddart of d ... More >>

Police Arrest Six Illegal Immigrants in Human Smuggling Operation; Cops Find a Bunch of Weed Too

MCSO Francisco Ruben Martinez-Granillo, charged with possession of marijuana for sale, kidnapping for ransom, smuggling humans for profit, and theft by extortion.​Police arrested six illegal immigrants in Phoenix Wednesday, accusing them of charges ranging from human smuggling, kidnapping f ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff's Office Gets Anonymous Tip About Guys Loading Truck Full of Pot Next to Interstate. 227 Pounds of Weed Later...

PCSOFernando Sanchez-Moyinedo (left), and Prior Marcano​Sometimes people are practically begging to be arrested -- like the two goons who allegedly decided to load 227 pounds of pot into their truck on the side of an interstate highway Wednesday. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office announced the ar ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff's Office Suspects Deadly Shooting Near Interstate 8 Related to Mexican Drug Smuggling

​One man is dead and another wounded after they were shot in Pinal County while smuggling marijuana from Mexico, according to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office. PCSO spokesman Tim Gaffney tells New Times that six individuals believed to be in the "rip crew" -- a gang that rips off drug ... More >>

Elderly Pennsylvania Couple Receives Five Pounds of Weed in Mail from Arizona Address. Shockingly, Weed Probably Not From Arizona

​Arizona is well-known as a corridor for smuggling marijuana, and out-of-towners often like to take home a souvenir. Weed, however, is not allowed on airplanes, so stoners are occasionally forced to mail their cannabinoid keepsakes to their out of state homes (click here and here for a couple ... More >>

Drug Probe Led Pima County SWAT Team to Shoot Iraq War Vet More Than 60 Times

​Documents released yesterday by the Pima County Sheriff's Department show that the controversial shooting of an Iraq War vet was the result of a complex drug investigation into the man and his brother.Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old father of two and veteran of the war, died on May 5, in his home ... More >>

Two Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputies Charged for Allegedly Ripping Off Drug Dealers

​The United States Department of Justice announced today that two former Pima County Sheriff's deputies have been indicted on charges that they used their positions as law enforcement officials to help three other men rip off drug dealers and steal government-seized narcotics.Francisco J. Jimenez, ... More >>

Authorities: Mexican Drug Cartel Suffers "Death Blow;" Billion-Dollar Trafficking Ring Busted Up by Law Enforcement Agencies

ICE​Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies claim to have delivered a "death blow" to a Mexican drug trafficking ring that was running $33 million worth of drugs through Arizona every month.Authorities announced this morning the results of "Operation Pipeline Express," a 17-month invest ... More >>

Desaraye Barragan Was "Stupid and Hungry" After Smoking Joint...While Driving 105 MPH With Minors and Ecstasy in Vehicle

MCSOIf you're stoned and have weed, children, and ecstasy in your car, perhaps it would be wise to not drive 105 mph -- just ask Desaraye Barragan​Desaraye Barragan told police she was "stupid and hungry" when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on the I-10 earlier this week, which tends to ... More >>

State Drops Charges Against DEA-Busted Operators of a Tempe Medical Marijuana Clinic

James Chaney, in the mug shot taken by police after September's raid of the Arizona Go Green Co-Op.​All charges have been dropped from September's high-profile bust by the Drug Enforcement Agency of a Tempe medical marijuana clinic.The DEA arrested James Chaney and Rachel Beeder of Arizona Go Gree ... More >>

Mexican Smugglers Exploit the Corrupt Reputation of U.S. Border Officers

James Chaney, in the mug shot taken by police after September's raid of the Arizona Go Green Co-Op.​All charges have been dropped from September's high-profile bust by the Drug Enforcement Agency of a Tempe medical marijuana clinic.The DEA arrested James Chaney and Rachel Beeder of Arizona Go Gree ... More >>

Weed, Cash, Human Smugglers, and Illegal Immigrants Found During DPS Raid of Avondale Drop House

​Four alleged human smugglers were arrested last night when the Department of Public Safety busted up a drop house in Avondale.Also found inside the home was weed, cash, and 19 illegal immigrants -- many of whom have been arrested before for crimes like drug possession, weapons misconduct, child a ... More >>

Treasure-Troves of Marijuana in Arizona Desert? Apparently So.

Image: concretejunkyard.blogspot.com​Two hunters found 126 pounds of bundled pot lying in the desert near Sasabe, about a month after Border Patrol agents discovered 220 pounds of pot south of Dateland.Arizona's desert has apparently become a treasure-hunters paradise -- if your idea of treasure i ... More >>