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DHL delivery package leads to major pot bust

Updated:
23.5 pounds of marijuana seized by authorities 23.5 pounds of marijuana seized by authorities
Martinez and Espinoza remain in the Tift County Jail Martinez and Espinoza remain in the Tift County Jail
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April 2, 2008

Ty Ty -- Two Tift County men are in jail after they received more than 20-pounds of marijuana that had been intercepted by the Albany-Dougherty Drug Unit.

The bail of seized marijuana has a street value of $25,000 to $30,000.

It was shipped through DHL.

A-D-D-U worked the Midsouth Narcotics Task Force and the Tift County Sheriffs Office to arrest 32-year old Armando Espinoza and 25-year old Abel Martinez.

Espinoza was charged with Trafficking Marijuana and Martinez was charged with Conspiracy to Traffic Marijuana.

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