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San Luis CBP Officers Seize $187K of Marijuana

Release Date: 
July 12, 2016

CBP officers at the Port of San Luis seized 375 pounds of marijuana from a smuggling vehicle referred for further inspection on July 9
CBP officers at the Port of San Luis
seized 375 pounds of marijuana from a
smuggling vehicle referred for further
inspection on July 9

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a 19-year-old woman from Altadena, California on July 9 for attempting to smuggle 375 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a Toyota sedan.

Officers seized the drugs, valued at approximately $187,500, and vehicle. The suspect was arrested before being turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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Last modified: 
February 9, 2017
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