An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

  1. Home
  2. Newsroom
  3. Local Media Release
  4. Nogales CBP Officers Seize Meth/Heroin

Nogales CBP Officers Seize Meth/Heroin

Release Date
Fri, 09/28/2018

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.

A combination of meth and heroin were seized by officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing
A combination of meth and heroin
were seized by officers at the Dennis
DeConcini Crossing

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.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021