Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

  • Archived Content
    In an effort to keep CBP.gov current, the archive contains content from a previous administration or is otherwise outdated.
  1. Home
  2. Newsroom
  3. Local Media Release
  4. Significant Methamphetamine Seizure at Wellton Checkpoint

Significant Methamphetamine Seizure at Wellton Checkpoint

Release Date
Tue, 12/20/2016

YUMA, Ariz. – Agents at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint east of Yuma arrested two U.S. citizens with nearly 43 pounds of methamphetamine in their vehicle on Dec. 17.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton, Ariz. traffic checkpoint discovered 43 pounds of meth hidden within the headliner of a smuggling vehicle
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton, Ariz.
traffic checkpoint discovered 43 pounds of meth
hidden within the headliner of a smuggling vehicle

After a detection-canine alerted to the vehicle, agents searched the vehicle and discovered approximately 43 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the roof. The driver and passenger were arrested. The street value of the drugs is estimated at more than $128,000.

The subjects, drugs, and vehicle were processed per Yuma Sector guidelines.

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