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2 medical pot dispensaries poised to open

Medical marijuana dispensaries are close to opening in Marana and Oro Valley since both municipalities have given the go-ahead to let them operate.

April 04, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Customs and Border Patrol agents show off stacks of marijuana during a news conference Tuesday announcing the record seizure.

January 23, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Guadalupe Ramirez

January 23, 2013 12:00 am Comments
Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

Massive pot shipment seized at Nogales

A drug cartel took a big hit when Nogales port of entry officials seized a marijuana cargo this month worth up to $12 million, the biggest pot seizure on the Arizona border and possibly the Southwest, Customs and Border Protection officials said.

January 23, 2013 12:00 am Photos

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Nogales border agents display 7-ton pot seizure

Nogales border agents display 7-ton pot seizure

Federal agents in Nogales today showed off about 14,000 pounds of marijuana that’s believed to be the largest pot seizure at an Arizona border crossing.

January 22, 2013 10:17 am Comments

Law & Order Briefs

Mail carrier impaled in Pinal County wreck

December 12, 2012 12:00 am

Border Patrol: Cannon used to shoot marijuana into Arizona

YUMA — Smugglers have come up with yet another creative way to get drugs in the country — a cannon.

December 11, 2012 5:54 pm Comments
Border agents: Douglas woman’s car filled with pot

Border agents: Douglas woman’s car filled with pot

A Douglas woman was arrested while trying to drive into Arizona when border agents say they found 199 packages of marijuana hidden in the car she was driving.

November 27, 2012 4:03 pm

Tucson's first dispensary for medical pot gets approval

Tucson's first medical marijuana dispensary has received state approval to open. Now the owner has to decide on a date.

November 22, 2012 12:00 am Comments
High-grade pot seized at 5 marijuana centers; 10 arrested

High-grade pot seized at 5 marijuana centers; 10 arrested

Raids at five medical marijuana education centers netted local law enforcement 14 pounds of high-grade hydroponically grown pot and 25 pounds of marijuana-medicated hard candy, and resulted in the arrests of 10 people, a Tucson police official said.

September 14, 2012 12:00 am Related

Marijuana shops banned by LA City Council

LOS ANGELES — Unable to rein in hundreds of medical pot shops that blossomed around the nation’s second-biggest metropolis, the Los Angeles City Council banned them Tuesday until the state’s highest court weighs in.

July 24, 2012 9:05 pm Comments

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