Drugs Seized at Arizona Border

Nogales CBP Officers Seize More Than $603K in Drugs

06/28/2016 01:21 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a U.S. citizen and two Mexican nationals from neighboring Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for weekend attempts to smuggle drugs through area ports in Nogales, Arizona. On June 26, officers...

Nogales CBP Officers Seize Heroin from Teen Body Carrier

06/28/2016 04:45 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 14-year-old male from Nogales, Arizona, for an alleged attempt to smuggle nearly 2 pounds of heroin, worth an estimated $34,000, through the Port of Nogales on June 27. A Nogales teen...

Douglas CBP Officers Seize $257K in Cocaine

06/27/2016 02:28 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a Mexican national June 26 for attempting to smuggle nearly 23 pounds of cocaine into the United States. Packages of drugs...

Douglas CBP Officers Seize $100K in Marijuana

06/24/2016 01:36 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a 60-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle more than 200 pounds of...

CBP Officers Seize Meth found in Car, Man’s Socks

06/24/2016 02:04 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men involved in separate attempts to smuggle a combined 26 pounds of methamphetamine through the Port of Nogales on June 22. A total of 18 packages of meth were pulled from the gas...

CBP Officers Seize Meth at Port of San Luis

06/03/2016 03:44 PM EDT

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a U.S. Citizen attempting to smuggle $156,000 in methamphetamine on June 2. Officers removed and seized more than 52 pounds of the drug from the rocker...