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Methamphetamine Smugglers Busted at Port of Nogales

Release Date
Mon, 10/31/2016

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men involved in separate weekend attempts to sneak approximately $87,000 worth of methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales.

Officers at the Morley Pedestrian crossing referred a Nogales, Ariz. man for further inspection, where they discovered packages of tortillas were actually hollowed out and filled with packages of meth
Officers at the Morley Pedestrian crossing
referred a Nogales, Ariz. man for further
inspection, where they discovered
packages of tortillas were actually
hollowed out and filled with packages
of meth

Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing seized nearly $78,000 worth of meth (close to 26 pounds) Saturday from a 23-year-old male U.S. citizen residing in Santana, Sonora, Mexico, after finding the drugs in his Chevy SUV.

On Friday, officers working with a CBP narcotics-detection canine at the Morley Pedestrian crossing found almost 3 pounds of meth in packages of tortillas carried by a 62-year-old man from Nogales, Arizona.

Officers seized all drugs along with the vehicle involved, and turned the subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

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: Feb 03, 2021