The Shadow Wolves, an all-Native unit of border drug trackers, found 7,000 pounds of marijuana on the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona.
The unit found three trucks filled with the drug near the village of Ventana. Drug smugglers had attempted to hide their tracks.
The bust was the largest seizure made by the Shadow Wolves since being moved to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in October. Unit members had complained about being assigned to the Department of Homeland Security following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Big haul for Indian drug unit
(The Arizona Republic 1/9)
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