{"id":7744,"date":"2017-09-22T23:46:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T23:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2797689&amp;preview_id=2797689"},"modified":"2017-09-22T23:46:16","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T23:46:16","slug":"drivers-of-mexican-tour-bus-arrested-after-264-bricks-of-weed-found-on-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/drivers-of-mexican-tour-bus-arrested-after-264-bricks-of-weed-found-on-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers of Mexican tour bus arrested after 264 bricks of weed found on board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/drivers-of-mexican-tour-bus-arrested-after-264-bricks-of-weed-found-on-board\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Sep 22, 2017, 8:14 am \u2022 Updated: Sep 22, 2017, 8:14 am<span class=\"single-comments-link\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <span class=\"author\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/author\/ap\/\" rel=\"author\">The Associated Press<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>TOMBSTONE, Ariz. \u2014 Two drivers of a Mexican tour bus have been arrested near Tombstone after 320 pounds (145 kilograms) of marijuana was found in a hidden compartment.<\/p>\n<p>Willcox Station Border Patrol agents at the Highway 80 immigration checkpoint made the arrests Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>They referred the bus for an immigration inspection of the occupants, all identified as residents of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>A Border Patrol drug-sniffing dog alerted agents to an odor emitting from the rear of the bus.<\/p>\n<p>When agents searched the area, they found a hidden compartment behind a cabinet next to the toilet with 264 bricks of marijuana inside.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say the marijuana was valued at $159,000.<\/p>\n<p>Agents arrested the bus drivers on suspicion of drug smuggling. The names of the 26-year-old and 32-year-old men weren\u2019t released.<\/p>\n<p>The bus passengers received alternate transportation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>Two drivers of a Mexican tour bus have been arrested near Tombstone after 320 pounds (145 kilograms) of marijuana was found in a hidden compartment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6813,77,5667,9,86,6833,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6818,2655,5673,2664,6835,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}