Customs agents in Nogales arrested four people and seized meth, cocaine and marijuana in separate smuggling attempts last week.
On Aug. 27, agents at the DeConcini crossing sent a woman from Hermosillo, Sonora, to a secondary inspection. There a drug dog found nearly 72 pounds of meth hidden in the KIA van she was driving. The drugs were worth about $215,000, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection.
On Aug. 26, officers at the Mariposa crossing found more than 11 pounds of cocaine, worth about $125,000, in a Honda van driven by a 25-year-old woman who is a U.S. citizen living in Nogales, Sonora. A drug dog also found more than 25 pounds of meth, worth about $76,000, and more than one pound of marijuana, CBP said.
On Aug. 25 officers stopped two smuggling attempts: At the DeConcini crossing agents seized 18 pounds of cocaine, worth about $204,000, from a Dodge truck being driven by a 41-year-old Mexican national. Then, at the Mariposa crossing agents seized 26 pounds of meth and nearly 26 pounds of cocaine from a Ford truck driven by a 42-year-old Mexican national. The drugs were worth a total of about $373,000.
Agents seized the four vehicles and all four people were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
