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San Luis CBP Officers Seize $63K Worth of Meth

Release Date
Tue, 08/11/2015

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a 23-year-old woman for an alleged attempt to smuggle more than 21 pounds of methamphetamine August 7.CBP officers find packages of methamphetamine when they searched the front bumper of a smuggling vehicle

Officers referred Stephany Anaya, a U.S. citizen living in San Luis, Sonora, Mexico, for a secondary inspection of her Dodge sedan. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the vehicle’s front and rear bumpers, officers removed 21 pounds of meth valued at more than $63,000.

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

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021