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Updated: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 10:11 AM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 10:11 AM CDT

TOLLESON, Ariz. (AP) - A dozen illegal immigrants were hidden in the truck bed and extended cab of a pickup that led police on a lengthy pursuit in west Phoenix.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says officers tried to stop the truck at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 10. The driver started to pull over but then took off.

The driver got on and off the freeway a few times before exiting.

Police followed the 2001 Ford F-150 into a residential area of southwest Phoenix. The truck pulled over and the driver and a passenger got out.

Then officers lifted a plywood cover on the truck bed and found nine people hiding beneath. Three others were in the extended cab of the pickup.

12 hidden in pickup pursued by police

Police: Illegal immigrants hidden in truck bed

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