TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Five men carrying weapons and drugs are in custody after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana in an abandoned vehicle on the Tohono O'odham (toh-HO'-noh OH'-tuhm) Reservation.

Agents working near the town of Arivaca (ayr-uh-VAH'-kuh), about 50 miles southwest of Tucson, encountered five men carrying three automatic rifles and two shotguns Tuesday night.

A Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman says the men were all from Mexico and were carrying six bundles of marijuana that weighed a total of nearly 300 pounds.

The men were arrested and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Information from: Arizona Daily Star, http://www.azstarnet.com

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