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Lukeville CBP Officers Seize $230K in Marijuana-Honeymooners Attempted to Smuggle Drugs Through Port

Release Date
Mon, 06/01/2015

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Phoenix couple for attempting to smuggle nearly 461 pounds of marijuana through the Port of Lukeville on May 31.

CBP officers at the Port of Lukeville located 461 pounds of marijuana within a trailer being towed by a pair of Phoenix residents

CBP officers at the Port of Lukeville located 461 pounds of marijuana within a trailer being towed by a pair of Phoenix residents.

Officers referred Matthew Scott Carlill, 31, and his 33-year-old bride, for a secondary inspection of their Chevrolet SUV. The couple told officers they were returning from Rocky Point, Sonora, Mexico, where they were on their honeymoon. A CBP narcotics-detection canine then alerted officers to the trailer they were towing, where they found 22 packages of marijuana, weighing nearly 461 pounds and worth more than $230,000.

Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and referred Carlill to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, while the female subject was released without further incident.

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021