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San Luis CBP Intercepts $373K Worth of Hard Drugs

Release Date: 
December 3, 2013

SAN LUIS, ARIZ.—A female Mexican national was arrested Sunday at the Port of San Luis after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 12 pounds of heroin and more than 13 pounds of methamphetamine within the rocker panels (vehicle frame).

Last night, Cristina Bernal-Delgado, 44, of San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, was referred for additional inspection of her Ford sedan. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to the presence of drugs in the rocker panels of the vehicle frame, officers removed five packages of heroin, worth in excess of $166,000, and eight packages of methamphetamine valued at more than $206,000.

The drugs and vehicle were seized. Bernal was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.  

Individuals arrested may be charged by complaint, the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity, which raises no inference of guilt.  An individual is presumed innocent unless and until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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February 9, 2017
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