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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A couple sought on drug charges after their rescue from the mountains of southwest Oregon were arrested Tuesday in Washington state, authorities said.
Elbert and Becky Higginbotham were stopped without incident near the coastal city of Long Beach, Wash., a Pacific County dispatcher said.
The Higginbothams were in the same motor home where they spent 17 snowbound days this month. Their March 21 rescue attracted national attention. But the joy of the rescue quickly turned sour when Arizona authorities recognized the Higginbothams as a couple who had been caught with methamphetamine and a shotgun, reneged on a promise to cooperate with investigators and disappeared.
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