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CBP Seize Nearly $600K in Hard Drugs
TUCSON, Ariz. —A seizure of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine at the Port of Nogales on Sept. 29 involved nearly 47 pounds of drugs valued at more than $581,000.

Nearly $600,000 worth of heroin, cocaine and meth are removed from a vehicle attempting to enter the U.S. from Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred Ivan Lopez-Menchaca, 35, of Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, for additional inspection of his Nissan sport utility vehicle. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to the presence of contraband in the truck’s dashboard area, officers removed more than 36 pounds of heroin, worth in excess of $511,000; and more than five pounds each of cocaine and meth with a combined value exceeding $70,000.
Officers seized the vehicle and drugs, and referred Lopez to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.