
marijuana within a smuggling vehicle
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a 24-year-old Mexican man Feb. 23 for attempting to transport nearly 220 pounds of marijuana into the U.S.
Officers working with a CBP narcotics-detection canine found approximately $109,000 worth of marijuana stashed throughout the man’s Chevrolet truck.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the man over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.