TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. citizen over the weekend, in connection to a failed smuggling attempt of methamphetamine at the Port of San Luis.
![Officers discovered and seized almost 99 pounds of meth, that was within the bumpers of a smuggling vehicle](/sites/default/files/u407/11132018%20TFO%20SLU%20Meth.jpg)
99 pounds of meth, that was within the
bumpers of a smuggling vehicle
Officers referred an 18-year-old San Luis, Arizona woman for additional inspection of her Ford sedan as she attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico early Saturday morning. Following an alert by a CBP narcotics detection canine to a scent it was trained to detect, officers discovered 90 packages of meth inside of the vehicles’ bumpers. The drugs with a weight of almost 99 pounds are valued at nearly $297,000.
CBP officers seized the drugs and vehicle. The subject was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.