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Nogales CBP Officers Capture $242K in Hard Drugs

Release Date
Tue, 05/03/2016

 

 

May 3, 2016

Contact: Joe Agosttini

(520) 761-5959

Joe.Agosttini@cbp.dhs.gov

 

 

News Release

 

 

Nogales CBP Officers Capture $242K in Hard Drugs

 

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 72-year-old Mexican national Monday for attempting to smuggle almost 74 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine through the Port of Nogales.

 

After referring the man, a legal permanent resident of the U.S., for further inspection of his truck at the Dennis DeConcini crossing, officers found more than 71 pounds of methamphetamine, worth in excess of $214,000, and nearly 2.5 pounds of cocaine valued at almost $28,000.

 

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

 

Federal law allows officers to charge individuals by complaint, a method that allows the filing of charges for criminal activity without inferring guilt. An individual is presumed innocent unless and until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

CBP's Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation's food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.

 

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP’s mission includes keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. Follow us on Twitter @CBPArizona.

 

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