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and suspected fentanyl inside of the
battery of a smuggling vehicle
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a San Luis, Sonora, Mexico, woman Monday for an alleged attempt to smuggle five pounds of methamphetamine and suspected fentanyl through the Port of San Luis.
Officers referred a 19-year-old woman for additional inspection as she attempted to enter the U.S. Monday morning. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to a scent it was trained to detect coming from under the hood of her Toyota sedan, a search led to the discovery of packages that were inside of the vehicle’s battery. The drugs were identified as nearly three pounds of meth, worth an estimated value of $8,900 as well as more than two pounds of suspected fentanyl pills, worth nearly $32,000.
Officers seized the drugs and the vehicle, while the subject was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.