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Douglas CBP Officers Seize $106K in Marijuana

Release Date: 
January 25, 2017
Officers at the Port of Douglas removed nearly 200 packages from a smuggling vehicle
Officers at the Port of Douglas removed
nearly 200 packages from a smuggling
vehicle

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas arrested a 53-year-old Mexican man Saturday after finding more than 200 pounds of marijuana, worth nearly $106,000, in his Ford SUV.

Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the subject 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: 
February 13, 2017
Tags: 
Port Security