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Two U.S. Citizens Caught Smuggling Methamphetamine at Immigration Checkpoint

Release Date: 
January 27, 2017
Officers from the Wellton, Ariz. Station seized 30 pounds of meth within the frame of a smuggling vehicle
Officers from the Wellton Station
seized 30 pounds of meth within 
the frame of a smuggling vehicle

YUMA, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint east of Yuma arrested two U.S. citizens on Jan. 26, smuggling over 30 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $90,000.

After a narcotics-detection canine alerted to the vehicle, agents found the drugs hidden in the frame of the car.

The subjects, drugs and vehicle were processed in accordance with Yuma Sector guidelines.

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February 3, 2021
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