Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Arizona Border Patrol Bust Drug Smugglers

07/12/2016 05:21 PM EDT
YUMA, Ariz. – Wellton Station Border Patrol agents seized more than $700,000 in narcotics and arrested 10 individuals during two recent incidents. On July 10, agents stopped a male U.S. citizen and his wife, a Mexican national, at the Border Patrol...
CBP officers at the Port of San Luis seized 375 pounds of marijuana from a smuggling vehicle referred for further inspection on July 9
07/12/2016 12:46 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a 19-year-old woman from Altadena, California on July 9 for attempting to smuggle 375 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of a Toyota sedan. CBP officers at..
07/18/2016 05:23 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two female Mexican nationals during separate weekend attempts to smuggle marijuana and methamphetamine through the Dennis DeConcini crossing. The headliner of an SUV was found to be...
07/18/2016 04:14 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, arrested a 31-year-old woman from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, for attempting to smuggle 240 pounds of marijuana into the United...
07/05/2016 04:46 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a Mexican national July 1 in connection with a failed smuggling attempt involving nearly 380 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $190,000. Bundles...
07/12/2016 12:41 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a Douglas, Ariz. man in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle nearly 164 pounds of marijuana into the United States...
07/05/2016 05:32 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers at the Port of Naco arrested a 33-year-old Bisbee woman June 30 after finding almost 174 pounds of marijuana hidden throughout her Volvo sedan. Packages of marijuana were...
07/06/2016 05:28 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville arrested three people earlier this week after finding nearly 252 pounds of marijuana and cocaine during two separate seizures. Nearly 10 pounds of cocaine...
07/07/2016 04:22 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, July 6 for attempting to smuggle nearly 308 pounds of marijuana into the United...
07/13/2016 11:22 AM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville arrested an Arizona man on Monday (July 11) after finding nearly 739 pounds of marijuana inside of his recreational vehicle. Officers at the Port of Lukeville...
07/14/2016 06:02 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a 33-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle more than 200 pounds of...
07/15/2016 05:46 PM EDT
YUMA, Ariz. – Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a male Mexican national -- later determined to be in the U.S. illegally -- attempting to circumvent the traffic checkpoint on I-8, east of Yuma, Thursday. More than 400 pounds of marijuana was...
07/19/2016 02:49 PM EDT
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested three women during two weekend drug-smuggling attempts involving marijuana and methamphetamine. Officers at the Port of San Luis seized28 pounds of meth...