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Man Arrested at Port in Possession of Meth, Cocaine and Fentanyl

Release Date
Wed, 09/05/2018

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of San Luis apprehended a 58-year-old man Friday morning after finding over 35 pounds of dangerous drugs in his vehicle.

 

On Aug. 30th, the man applied for admission from Mexico and officers referred him for a secondary inspection of the Lincoln sedan he was driving. During the inspection, a CBP detection canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect emanating from the vehicle. Officers subsequently found numerous packages of meth, cocaine and fentanyl throughout the vehicle.

Packages of drugs were hidden in various areas of a vehicle.
Packages of drugs were hidden
in various areas of a vehicle.

 

Officers arrested the man for narcotics smuggling and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. CBP officers also seized the vehicle and drugs.

 

Federal law allows officers to charge individuals by complaint, a method that allows the filing of charges for criminal activity without inferring guilt. An individual is presumed innocent unless and until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

 

CBP's Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation's food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.

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 the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last Modified: Oct 27, 2023