TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents seized a remote control toy car that was used to pull meth across the border in downtown Nogales, Arizona, Tuesday morning.
Tucson Sector agents observed a rope through the International Border Fence a few hundred feet from the Morley Pedestrian Port of Entry around 5 a.m. As an agent neared the location, a silver sport utility vehicle fled the area at high speed.
Examining the severed rope left behind, the agent discovered 52 small packages of suspected drugs attached to it.
Moments later, a second agent located the SUV in a nearby parking lot. The vehicle was abandoned, its engine still running. Inside, agents found more rope as well as a remote control toy car they suspect was used to guide the rope and drugs through the fence.
![Agnts seized more than 58 pounds of meth, which are believed to be brought across the border behind a remote control car](/sites/default/files/u407/10272020%20TCA%2052%20Meth%20bundles%20total%20%2026.5a%20Kg.jpg)
which are believed to be brought across the
border behind a remote control car
The packages of drugs tested positive for the characteristics of meth and weighed more than 58 pounds. The estimated street value of the drugs is $116,000.
The SUV, remote control toy car and drugs were seized. No arrests were made.
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