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Lukeville CBP Officers Seize Hard Drugs

Release Date
Tue, 02/19/2019

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville arrested a Mexican national Friday after seizing more than 13 pounds of heroin and methamphetamine.

Officers removed a combination of meth and heroin from the intake manifold of a smuggling vehicle
Officers removed a combination
of meth and heroin from the intake
manifold of a smuggling vehicle

Officers referred a 23-year-old Caborca, Sonora, Mexico woman for a secondary inspection of her Mercedes SUV as she applied to enter the United States from Mexico Friday morning. A CBP canine alerted to an odor it is trained to detect, leading officers to the discovery of more than 12 pounds of meth within the vehicle’s intake manifold. The drugs are worth an estimated value of more than $36,000. They also seized more than a pound of heroin, worth more than $35,000.

Officers arrested the subject and turned her over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, while the drugs and the vehicle were seized.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021