TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Port of Douglas arrested three male Douglas residents Nov. 8 following separate attempts to smuggle a combined $148,000 worth of marijuana.
Officers arrested two 17-year-olds for attempting to smuggle nearly 171 pounds of marijuana together, worth an estimated $85,000, concealed throughout a GMC SUV.
Earlier, officers arrested a 25-year-old man after a CBP narcotic-detection canine alerted to more than 124 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $62,000, concealed in the cargo area of his Jeep SUV.
Officers seized the vehicles and marijuana, and referred the suspects to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.