Douglas man arraigned for smuggling 61 pounds of pot through Douglas port

By XAVIER ZARAGOZA
The Daily Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Thursday, April 17, 2008 3:08 PM MDT


A Douglas man was arraigned Monday afternoon in connection with transporting marijuana through the Douglas Port of Entry.


Roy Aguirre, 39, of the 1900 block of 13th Street, was arrested at the port with 61.2 pounds of marijuana on November 23, 2007.

Aguirre was arraigned in the Cochise County Superior Court.

He is being charged with possession of marijuana for sale, a Class 2 felony; transportation of marijuana for sale, a Class 2 felony; and importation of marijuana for sale, a Class 2 felony.

Aguirre’s trial date is scheduled for Aug. 26, 2008.

On November 23, 2007, at about 4:15 p.m., Aguirre was traveling northbound in a blue Ford Expedition at the Douglas Port of Entry when he pulled up to a port inspector.

According to court documents, Aguirre at that time was wearing a T-shirt and a ball cap.

Aguirre was allegedly doing windshield repair in Agua Prieta for an area glass repair company, and that he was now doing the paperwork, the court document stated.

The inspector ordered Aguirre to secondary inspection.

At secondary inspection, Aguirre could not stop talking to the inspectors and was not paying attention to inspectional routine questions, the court document stated.

At that time a sniffing-dog hit positive for narcotics in the inside of the Expedition. Aguirre was then escorted to the pat-down room.

Inspectors found eight packages in the center console of the Expedition, 14 packages near the back seat and 19 packages in the bottom of the back seat, totaling 61.2 pounds of marijuana, the document said.

According to the court documents, Aguirre told the inspectors that he was approached by a man named Reyes, a man whom Aguirre had met only a few times.

Reyes asked to borrow Aguirre’s Expedition for about one half hour. Reyes told Aguirre that he would give him $1,000 to take the vehicle five blocks to the Auto Zone automotive store on 3rd Street and Pan American, the document stated.

Reyes would then walk to Auto Zone and pick up the vehicle.

Aguirre was arrested without incident. He has a pre-trial conference on June 27.

Copyright © 2012 Douglas Dispatch

Comments

    to affected by crime wrote on Apr 30, 2008 8:35 PM:

    " I commend you for taking your unfortunate situation and turning it into a teaching and very valueable lesson for your family rather than defend illegal activity. "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 28, 2008 10:33 AM:

    " Could the DDD be blowing this up because he might of been doing illegal activity while working for them and charges where never filed?????MMMMMM Maybe that is why he was let go from there????? Just something to think of.....everyone pays for their actions in the past someday. "

    affected by crime wrote on Apr 28, 2008 10:27 AM:

    " i guess alot of people can say they are tempted by the thought of easy money but take it from someone whose lives were shattered by the just once concept someone very close to me did just that and no he did not work for the DDD and they printed his story in the front page we all still live with it and yes it affected the children in the family we as adults know what happens when we do wrong there is no such thing as easy money we need to set the example easy come easy go "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 26, 2008 5:41 PM:

    " Illegal is illegal, whether it is 60 lbs or 6,000 lbs. What kind of example is he setting for young children he coaches??? Times are hard for all but some of us chose to work hard to earn our money, not take the easy way out.... "

    to anonymous wrote on Apr 25, 2008 6:56 PM:

    " Hey anonymous, so if I only transport illegals one at a time or "just" smuggle 20 lbs. of pot or coke at a time, I am an upstanding citizen?? Sorry, but some of us have been taught rules and morals and I choose to live my life the lawful way and thus avoid my name being splattered in the DDD with some illegal activity. And if this means moving out of Douglas, so be it, so what if it becomes a ghost town?? I have to look out for the well being of MY family. "

    Thank God an outsider NOW wrote on Apr 22, 2008 3:53 PM:

    " There are many people who have committed worse crimes and you don't ever hear anything about it. Good old Douglas it's not who you are it's who you know. Anyone who can leave that sorry town should. "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 22, 2008 3:09 PM:

    " Unfortunately for Mr. Aguirre he will have to live with his error for the rest of his life. Things like this happen more often than one might expect. There are quite a bit of more severe crimes that occur in Douglas. I certainly agree with a previous comment that the DDD should not focus on this one event. Mr. Aguirre should try to deal with what happened and try to move on as best as possible. "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 22, 2008 11:21 AM:

    " hmm.. perhaps people should not comment unless they know the whole story. If the Dispatch had NOT published the story, would they then scream "favoritism" because he used to work there? Typical of Douglas ppl to overlook the facts and start pointing fingers. If charges were persued, perhaps this is NOT Mr. Aguirre's first foray into illegal transport?? "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 22, 2008 9:22 AM:

    " to "to anonymous" Youre saying if your not an ADULT its all right to get tempted? If everybody would leave town to look for a "real job" according to your definition, Douglas would become a ghost town. And last, you stated "for people like this the truth is the least of their worries". He tried to smuggle 60 lbs., not 6,000 lbs or 60 illegals, or rape somebody, as the other HATER's posted comment stated, " Like the Child molestors and Rapists". R u a non-breaking law person?... RIGHT!!! "

    To Anonymous wrote on Apr 21, 2008 8:54 PM:

    " AWWW! It is just such a shame that these ADULT men are being "tempted" to transport drugs and suffer the consequences. Why are they not 'tempted" to go back to school or move away to look for a real job?? For people like this, the truth in the DDD is the least of their worries. "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 21, 2008 1:05 PM:

    " to concerned citizen:
    you have some inner feelings that really want to come out, dont you? Roy Aguirre's mistake is not the first or the last time somebody in Douglas will get tempted with. "These lawbreakers" are everywhere; coaches, players, city-state-federal workers, EDITORS, REPORTERS, etc., etc.... Way to go CONCERNED CITIZEN!! As for you DDD, again you made Douglas proud with your award winning story. Ha...ha..ha. "

    Concerned Citizen wrote on Apr 21, 2008 2:07 AM:

    " The DDD is totally justified in blowing up this IDIOTS case to the Douglas people. Like the Child molestors and Rapists, we should know who and where these lawbreaking fools are ; Aguirre's case is no different. Way to go Roy! "

    angry again wrote on Apr 19, 2008 10:53 AM:

    " The reason the Dispatch is putting so much attention to the case is he used to work for paper. Apparently they are upset with him. Since he worked for them. Typical for Douglas's "What have you done for me Lately attitude". "

    anonymous wrote on Apr 18, 2008 1:00 PM:

    " Its weird that this person is getting so much attention when others have been arrested with thousands of lbs. of pot or cocaine and never even get their names on the police reports. Does the Dispatch have a vendatta against Mr. Aguirre? The Dispatch even printed that he had "a cap and a T-shirt". Is that breaking news to the reporter? He made a mistake that he will regret his entire life, but to put irrevelant things just to make the story take up a bigger space and look bigger than it is, stinks. "

    resident wrote on Apr 18, 2008 10:38 AM:

    " What an idiot! "

    outsider wrote on Apr 18, 2008 2:24 AM:

    " Idiot. Need I say more. "

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