TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales arrested an Arizona man connected with a failed attempt to smuggle a combination of methamphetamine and heroin into the United States on Thursday.
CBP officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing referred a 50-year-old man for further inspection of his Ford SUV early Thursday morning. A CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to a scent it was trained to detect within the vehicle’s roof. Officers removed several packages of drugs which were identified as nearly 91 pounds of methamphetamine, worth almost $272,000 as well as more than five pounds of heroin, with an estimated value almost $144,000.
Officers seized the drugs as well as the vehicle. The subject was arrested and then turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.