Mexican Soldiers Seize Arsenal In Border Marijuana Raid

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican soldiers seized nearly 10 tons of marijuana and an arsenal of weapons in a raid across the border from Roma, Texas.

The Mexican military says soldiers yesterday stopped a fleeing minivan and searched a nearby building outside the city of Miguel Aleman.

Along with the drugs, they seized a machine gun, 89 assault rifles, more than 80,000 rounds of ammunition and three grenades. The Mexican Defense Department says five men were arrested at the scene.

The seizure follows weeks of bloody confrontation between federal agents and gunmen suspected of working for powerful drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border.

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