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CBP Douglas Seizes $127K in Marijuana

Release Date: 
March 22, 2017

Officers removed packages of marijuana from throughout a smuggling vehicle, including multiple packages that were removed from a rear storage area
Officers removed packages of
marijuana from throughout a
smuggling vehicle, including multiple
packages that were removed from
a rear storage area

​TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port in Douglas, Arizona, arrested a 30-year-old local woman Tuesday (March 21) after finding more than 250 pounds of marijuana throughout her Saturn station wagon.

Officers seized the drugs, worth an estimated $127,000, and the vehicle. The driver was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last modified: 
March 23, 2017
Tags: 
Port Security