Border Patrol Arrests Three Drug Smugglers Near Gila Bend

U.S. Border Patrol Agents in the Yuma Sector arrested three drug smugglers carrying 252 pounds of marijuana Saturday.  Agents found footprints near Gila Bend and followed them to the trio. 

The street value of the marijuana is estimated at $125,000. 

Officials say there may have been more smugglers but may have ran away before agents arrived on the scene.