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Yuma Sector Arrests Body Carrier on Shuttle Van Smuggling Heroin and Fentanyl

Release Date
Mon, 08/24/2020

YUMA, Ariz. – Wellton Station Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint Friday evening arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle fentanyl and heroin.

Agents seized fentanyl and heroin from a body carrier
Agents seized fentanyl and heroin
from a body carrier

At approximately 7 p.m., U.S. Border Patrol agents referred a shuttle van to the secondary inspection area where a Border Patrol canine alerted to an odor that it is trained to detect. Agents discovered a 19-year-old male carrying a package containing fentanyl pills and black tar heroin in his frontal groin area. The package contained 263 grams of fentanyl with an estimated street value of $7,800 and 277 grams of heroin with an estimated street value of $8,400. Fentanyl has been found to be fatal when as little as two milligrams are absorbed, inhaled or swallowed.

The male subject was arrested on drug smuggling charges and the narcotics were seized.

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Last Modified: Oct 26, 2023