PHOENIX — Border agents followed dozens of footprints into a wooded area near Nogales, Arizona and found over $550,000 of marijuana.

The 1,100 pounds was hidden in the brush. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Nogales Station agents and K-9s were patrolling mountain roads to the east because the area was a commonly used route for smugglers.

They followed the tracks a few miles before finding the marijuana but no people.

The marijuana was taken to the station to be processed.

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