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Arizona CBP officers seize $1.3M in cocaine from Chevy pickup

Shaq Davis Arizona Daily Star

Shaq Davis
Reporter
Mar 9, 2019
Mar 9, 2019 Updated Apr 21, 2019

Cocaine seizure — A 44-year-old man was arrested after a cocaine seizure at Arizona's Port of Lukeville on March 6, authorities say.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Customs officers working at Arizona's Port of Lukeville seized more than $1.3 million worth of cocaine from a Chevrolet pickup on Wednesday.

Officers referred a 44-year-old Mexican man for a secondary inspection of his pickup after he applied to enter the U.S., an agency news release said.

A narcotics detection canine alerted to an odor coming from the doors and officers discovered 55 pounds of cocaine hidden behind the panels.

The drugs and pickup were seized. The man was arrested and turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.