Two male Mexican nationals and two female citizens were arrested Sunday in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin into the United States through the Port of Nogales’ DeConcini from Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations referred a male 34- year-old Mexican national from Sonora, Mexico, for an inspection of his 2006 Honda Odyssey. An inspection and a CBP canine’s alert led officers to find pounds of meth, worth nearly $146,000, hidden within the vehicle’s using inspection equipment and a C
Two male Mexican nationals and two female citizens were arrested Sunday in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin into the United States through the Port of Nogales’ DeConcini from Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations referred a male 34- year-old Mexican national from Sonora, Mexico, for an inspection of his 2006 Honda Odyssey. An inspection and a CBP canine’s alert led officers to find pounds of meth, worth nearly $146,000, hidden within the vehicle’s using inspection equipment and a CBP canine, officers referred a 47-year-old man from Nogales, Sonora for an inspection of his 2008 Buick Lacrosse. An inspection and a CBP canine’s alert led officers to find pounds of meth, worth nearly $59,000, hidden within the vehicle’s rocker arrested at the same port was a 36-year-old Tucson woman driving a 2006 Kia Sorento. Officers conducting an inspection and using a CBP canine discovered multiple packages of cocaine ( pounds), heroin ( pounds) and meth ( pounds) with a combined value of nearly $176, addition, CBP officers apprehended another Tucson woman at the DeConcini Port for attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin. Officers selected her KIA Sorento for inspection and, using a CBP canine, found multiple packages within the rear passenger seat. Eight packages contained nine pounds of methamphetamine; four packages held four pounds of heroin; and three were filled with seven pounds of cocaine. The 15 packages combined have an estimated value exceeding $156, seized all drugs and vehicles, and turned the subjects over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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