NACO, Ariz. – A 34-year-old male Mexican national was arrested Friday for attempting to smuggle nearly 139 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $69,000, through the Port of Naco.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers selected a Chevrolet truck being driven by Cananea, Sonora, Mexico resident Francisco Manuel Villa-Ruiz, for further inspection and found 53 packages of marijuana behind the truck’s back seats and quarter panels.
The drugs and vehicle were seized. Villa-Ruiz was referred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.