Port officers seize meth, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl from Tucson woman's car

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales arrested a 51-year-old Tucson woman Tuesday evening for attempting to smuggle nearly $130,000 worth of drugs into the United States.

Officers sent the woman for further inspection of a 1991 Nissan car she was driving when she attempted to cross, according to a news release from CBP.

A CBP drug dog alerted to the vehicle’s dashboard, where officers found a hidden compartment.

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Officers seized more than five pounds of meth, worth about $16,000; almost three pounds of cocaine, worth about $31,000; a little more than a pound of heroin, worth an estimated $23,500; and more than 3½ pounds of fentanyl, with an estimated value of more than $58,000.

The woman was arrested for drug smuggling and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.