TUCSON POLICE FIND 3 TONS OF MARIJUANA

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Police investigating a traffic accident found three
tons of marijuana in one of the vehicles involved.

The drugs had an estimated street value of $10 million, Tucson police said.

Police said a truck hauling a white cargo trailer ran a red light and hit
another truck Friday on Tucson's east side. The truck's driver jumped out
and took off in another car - probably a designated getaway vehicle, said
police spokeswoman Officer Kathy Wendling.

Police investigating the accident discovered 63 large boxes containing
marijuana inside the trailer.

Wendling said that if the driver had not fled, police might not have
searched the trailer because it isn't part of a routine traffic collision
investigation.