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Border Patrol Foils Fuel Tank Meth Smuggler at Checkpoint

Release Date
Tue, 10/27/2020

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered methamphetamine in a sedan’s gas tank at the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint near Amado, Arizona, early Tuesday morning.

Tucson Sector agents encountered the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta around 4:15 a.m. After referring the vehicle to secondary inspection, agents conducted a consensual search of the car, finding more than 31 pounds of suspected meth inside the gas tank.

Agents at the I-19 immigation checkpoint seized 31 pounds of meth inside the fuel tank of a smuggling vehicle
Agents at the I-19 immigration
checkpoint seized 31 pounds of meth
inside the fuel tank of a smuggling
vehicle

The drugs have a street value of about $62,000.

The U.S. citizen driver was arrested on federal drug smuggling charges. The case has since been referred to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

For more details regarding this news release, contact the Tucson Sector Public Affairs Office at tca-pao@cbp.dhs.gov or by phone at 520-748-3210. Tucson Sector is also LiveU capable. Contact us to schedule an interview.

 

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Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021