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Nogales CBP Officers Seize $487K in Meth

Release Date
Fri, 02/02/2018

TUCSON, Ariz. –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales apprehended two Mexican nationals involved in separate failed attempts to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States Thursday.

Officers seized 122 pounds of meth from throughout a smuggling vehicle
Officers seized 122 pounds of meth
from throughout a smuggling vehicle

Officers working at the Dennis DeConcini crossing Thursday morning referred a 42-year-old woman for a secondary inspection of her vehicle when she attempted to enter the United States. During the inspection, a CBP canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect, leading officers to discover nearly 122 pounds of meth, worth almost $365,000, throughout the vehicle.

A CBP canine alerted officers to 41 pounds of meth within a smuggling vehicle
A CBP canine alerted officers to 41
pounds of meth within a smuggling
vehicle

At approximately the same time, officers at the DeConcini crossing referred a 53-year-old man for further inspection of his vehicle. A CBP canine alerted officers to almost 41pounds of meth, worth approximately $122,000, in the vehicle’s rear quarter panels.

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

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021