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Drug Smuggler Arrested by CBP Officers at Port of Lukeville

Release Date
Fri, 09/28/2018

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville on Thursday arrested a Mexican man after seizing a combination of methamphetamine, heroin and suspected fentanyl.

Officers at the Port of Lukeville seized hard drugs from within the dashboard
Officers at the Port of Lukeville seized
hard drugs from within the dashboard

Officers referred a 36-year-old man for a secondary inspection of his Ford truck as he applied to re-enter the United States from Mexico Thursday afternoon. A CBP canine alerted to an odor it is trained to detect, leading officers to the discovery of almost 18 pounds of meth within the dashboard, with an estimated value of more than $53,000. They also seized a near 2.5 pound package of heroin, worth more than $65,000 and quarter pound of suspected fentanyl worth more than $11,000.

Officers arrested the subject and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, while the drugs and the vehicle were seized.

 

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021