Arizona Daily Star
Members of the Texas-based group RanchRescue.com working on private property east of Nogales intercepted a "substantial" quantity of marijuana being smuggled by human mules.
About 13 members of the organization were near Lochiel, about 30 miles east of Nogales, at the request of a local rancher when they "bumped into a group of drug smugglers," said Ranch Rescue spokesman Jack Foote.
When the smugglers spotted Ranch Rescue members, they dropped their loads and fled.
Ranch Rescue describes itself as an "organization dedicated to defending and preserving the private property rights of individual citizens." Some critics have labeled the group vigilantes.
Foote said he didnšt know how much marijuana was contained in the four bundles left behind. The marijuana was left where it fell to be turned over to law enforcement authorities later Wednesday.
Posted by Suzanne at October 16, 2002