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CBP Officers Find 40 lbs. of Hard Drugs, 1 Arrested
Release Date:
October 6, 2016
pounds of heroin and 27 pounds of meth,
that was hidden behind the rear bumper
of a smuggling vehicle
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Nogales arrested a Mexican national Wednesday, Oct. 5, for attempting to smuggle nearly 14 pounds of heroin and almost 27 pounds of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $318,500 combined.
Officers working at the Dennis DeConcini crossing used a CBP narcotics-detection canine to find the drugs during a secondary search of a Ford SUV driven by a 23-year-old man from Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico.
Last modified:
February 9, 2017
