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Marijuana bust nets drugs, weapons & cash

01:43 PM MDT on Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Associated Press

HAILEY -- A marijuana sting in Blaine County netted 32 pounds of drugs, numerous weapons, three suspects and $144,000 in cash.

Sheriff Walt Femling this week called the operation one of the region's largest drug busts.

Officers arrested Noe Castillo Jr., 31, and Holly Lyn Koyle, 21, both of Hailey, and Augusto Martinez-Lazo, 37, who lives nearby in the area known as Ohio Gulch.

Martinez-Lazo and Castillo were charged with felony drug trafficking in 5th District Court, while Koyle was charged with aiding and abetting trafficking.

Femling said there was "lots of cash, lots of guns and lots of dope" that he says likely arrived in Idaho through a distribution channel originating in Mexico.

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