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Nogales CBP Seizes $158K in Hard Drugs

Release Date
Thu, 08/25/2016
Nearly 10 pounds of meth were removed from a smuggling vehicle by CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing on Wednesday (August 24)
Nearly 10 pounds of meth were
removed from a smuggling vehicle by
CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing
on Wednesday (August 24)

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a male Mexican national connected with a failed attempt to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine yesterday (August 24) through the Dennis DeConcini crossing in Nogales, Arizona.

Officers referred the 37-year-old resident of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for a secondary inspection of his Toyota SUV. A positive alert by a CBP narcotics-detection canine led to the discovery of more than seven pounds of heroin, worth more than $128,000 as well as nearly 10 pounds of meth, worth nearly $30,000, within a non-factory compartment inside the vehicle’s rear quarter panels and passenger door. 

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

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021