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Yuma Sector BP Seizes Nearly $100K in Meth at Checkpoint

Release Date
Mon, 09/09/2019

YUMA, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized nearly $100K in methamphetamine after a Mexican national attempted to smuggle the narcotics through the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint Thursday night.

Border Patrol agents from Yuma Sector seized nearly $100K worth of meth at the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint.
Border Patrol agents from Yuma
Sector seized nearly $100K worth of
meth at the Interstate 8 Immigration
Checkpoint.

At approximately 8:00 p.m., Wellton Station agents referred a silver Honda Accord to the secondary inspection area following a Border Patrol canine alert. Agents discovered 37 sealed packages of methamphetamine hidden in the gas tank of the vehicle. The narcotics have an approximate weight of nearly 42 pounds and an approximate value of more than $96,000.

 

The driver, a 45-year-old Mexican male, with a border crossing card, was arrested for transportation of a controlled substance. The vehicle and narcotics were seized.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021