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USBP Arrest Local Man Smuggling Fentanyl

Release Date
Wed, 03/13/2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – Nogales Border Patrol agents arrested an Arizona man for smuggling dangerous fentanyl pills through the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint Tuesday morning.

Agents referred a commercial shuttle van for an additional immigration inspection of the passengers and discovered one of the passengers, an 18-year-old Nogales resident, was attempting to conceal a bundle under his clothing. After a subsequent inspection of the bundle, agents identified that it contained dozens of pills with laced small amounts of fentanyl.

The pills, which weighed a nearly 400 grams and have an estimated value of $12K, were seized and transported to the Nogales Station for processing along with the man, who was arrested for narcotic smuggling. He will remain in custody pending a disposition is his case.  

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Last Modified: Oct 27, 2023