TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales apprehended two Mexican nationals involved in separate failed attempts to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States Thursday.
from throughout a smuggling vehicle
Officers working at the Dennis DeConcini crossing Thursday morning referred a 42-year-old woman for a secondary inspection of her vehicle when she attempted to enter the United States. During the inspection, a CBP canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect, leading officers to discover nearly 122 pounds of meth, worth almost $365,000, throughout the vehicle.
pounds of meth within a smuggling
vehicle
At approximately the same time, officers at the DeConcini crossing referred a 53-year-old man for further inspection of his vehicle. A CBP canine alerted officers to almost 41pounds of meth, worth approximately $122,000, in the vehicle’s rear quarter panels.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicles, and turned both subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
