Man Dressed As UPS Driver Robs Check Cashing Store

The story is not terror related, rather it’s a reminder of why it’s important to be vigilant and ALWAYS  follow security procedures. This time it was a robbery however; the same scenario could just as easily have taken place in a shopping mall, school, government office or any number of other locations with much more serious consequences.

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A man dressed to look like a UPS driver robbed a Peoria check cashing store Monday and got away with about $50,000,police said. Read more

Arizona Police Seize 2,118 lbs. of Marijuana from Cloned UPS Truck

We’ve mentioned the dangers of cloned vehicles and their potential for being used in a terror attack numerous times on this site. ( see Security Officials On The Lookout For Cloned Emergency Vehicles ). Although this truck was used for drug smuggling, it could just as easily been used for even more nefarious purposes. For this reason, we continue to encourage you to immediately report any type of suspicious activity regardless of how ‘authentic’ the vehicles, uniforms, people, etc… appear.

Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Detectives assigned to the Pima County Counter Narcotics Alliance (CNA) conducted an investigation which resulted in the seizure of about 2,118 pounds of marijuana from a cloned United Parcel Service (UPS) truck.

When a DPS officer and narcotics canine attempted to stop the truck, a suspect fled from the vehicle. A search of the truck found bundles of marijuana which were attached to burlap straps that human drug carriers known as “mules” use to carry the loads through the desert.

The suspects painted the truck to look similar to a UPS vehicle and attached reflective yellow decals as an authorized UPS truck would appear. The truck displayed a homemade Arizona license plate and the number was assigned to an actual UPS truck in Phoenix that services the Tucson area.

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