Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents seized about 162 pounds of marijuana that had been dropped from an ultralight aircraft early Wednesday morning.
Shortly after midnight, an ultralight aircraft was seen crossing the Colorado River west of Yuma near County 12th Street. Agents tracked the aircraft as it entered the United States, dropped several bundles of pot, and then turned around and crossed back into Mexico.
Agents searched the flight path area and found the pot tied to a metal frame in a field near Avenue D and 32nd Street. The drugs were turned over to the DEA.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, agents encountered three Mexican citizens allegedly attempting to smuggle 192 pounds of marijuana through the western portion of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The three men and the pot were turned over to the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force.
The marijuana seized in both incidents is worth a combined total of about $177,000.
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