DPS charges three men in marijuana bust

By Derek Jordan
WickNews Service
Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:05 PM MDT


SIERRA VISTA — Police have arrested three men, two of which are from Sierra Vista, on drug charges after they were stopped by highway patrol officers near Benson on Thursday.


Jose Arturo Evis-Leyba, 19, of Agua Prieta, Alan Bueford Colburn, 22, of Sierra Vista and Mario Enrique Ayala, 26, of Sierra Vista were booked into the county jail in Sierra Vista on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and transportation of marijuana for sale.

At about noon on Thursday, Arizona Department of Public Safety officers with the Criminal Investigations Division were conducting an operation in an area known to be used by human and drug smugglers, said Officer Joy Craig.

The officers saw a 2001 Dodge Intrepid leave the area and sent out a description to highway patrol units.

The Intrepid was located and stopped on Interstate 10 at mile post 299 traveling west.

Mack, a drug-sniffing dog, was deployed and alerted officers to the vehicle. The following search resulted in the discovery of 46 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle.

Each of the three men are being held on $250,000 bonds.

 

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