A dramatic high-speed chase in which police were forced to weave round bales of marijuana hurled out of a speeding SUV has been caught on camera . Officers in Mesa , Arizona , were drawn into the 100mph pursuit after a Chevrolet Trailblazer they were trying to stop took off down the I-8 freeway . Footage from the chase , which took place Wednesday , shows the Trailblazer hurtling along the road as large , green packages are dropped out of the window . Scroll down for video . Abandoned cargo : Sheriff 's deputies chasing down suspected drug smugglers had to dodge bales of marijuana they dumped out of their SUV . Arrested : Mario Perez-Paz ( left ) , 43 , and Juan Aguilar-Zavala ( right ) , 21 , were booked into jail on drugs offenses and unlawful flight . Deputies from the Pinal County sheriff 's department and Gila River police officers chased the SUV , which had two men inside , through a university campus before deflating its tires with spikes in the road . The car then pulled over , and two men fled , but were caught and arrested . Mario Perez-Paz , 43 , Juan Aguilar-Zavala , 21 , were then booked into jail on drugs possession , smuggling and dealing charges , as well as unlawful flight . The sheriff 's office said the men claimed they were offered $ 1,000 by a woman from Phoenix to make the drugs run . Follow the trail : Deputies say the arrested men then led them to a stash house full of marijuana and illegal immigrants . They also gave officers information that led them to a stash house , where they say they found a huge stash of drugs and 20 illegal immigrants . However , while officers were able to recover 374lbs of marijuana from the house , they admitted that they never got back the bales dumped on the road - which were instead grabbed by drivers passing by . Pinal County sheriff Paul Babeu said : 'These foreign drug smugglers try to outrun our deputies and even throw bales of marijuana from their vehicle . 'We caught these criminals who put our deputies and our local citizens in harm ’ s way and now they will go to prison for their crimes . '
Officers in Mesa , Pinal County , chased fugitives down the I-8 freeway last week . Used spikes to deflate tires and arrested them on the highway . Mario Perez-Paz , 43 , and Juan Aguilar-Zavala , 21 , were arrested and jailed . Officers say they gave them information leading to 374lbs drug stash .