TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican national March 2 for attempting to smuggle almost 26 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a 21-year-old man from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for further inspection of his Pontiac sedan and found multiple packages of meth worth nearly $77,000.
CBP officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the subject over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.