Border officers seize 690 pounds of meth in largest meth seizure in Arizona port history

Border officers seized 690 pounds of methamphetamine that were hidden within the floor of a tractor trailer earlier this month, the largest load of meth in Arizona ports history, officials said. 

More than 600 packages of meth were hidden in a non-factory floor compartment of the trailer that was loaded with tomatoes and bell peppers and driven by a 34-year-old Mexican truck driver, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. 

A narcotics detention canine at Nogales’ Mariposa Cargo Facility alerted officers to the drug, CBP said. 

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The meth has a street value of almost $690,000.

The driver was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.