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San Luis CBP Officers Find Meth/Cocaine in Spare Tire

Release Date: 
November 8, 2016

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 63-year-old man from Dateland, Arizona, on Nov. 4 for attempting to smuggle more than 40 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine through the Port of San Luis.

Officers removed a total of 32 packages of meth and cocaine from the spare tire of a smuggling vehicle.
Officers removed a total of 32 packages of
meth and cocaine from the spare tire of a
smuggling vehicle

A CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted officers to a Chevy truck with the drugs, worth an estimated $230,000, in a spare tire.

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

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Last modified: 
February 3, 2021
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