TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized nearly 51 pounds of methamphetamine Tuesday.
pounds of meth hidden inside of a
vehicle attempting to enter through the
Port of Nogales in Arizona.
CBP Officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing referred a 43-year-old Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, woman for further inspection of her Honda sedan when she attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico early Tuesday morning. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted positively to a scent it was trained to detect, the search led to the discovery of nearly 50 packages from the vehicle’s rocker panels. The packages were identified as almost 51pounds of meth, with an estimated value of more than $45,000.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle. The subject was arrested and then turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.