NEW YORK: Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican man and a Phoenix woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than $261,000 in methamphetamine and cocaine during separate incidents at the Port of Nogales.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing arrested Isidro Valazquez-Valenzuela, 22, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, after a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the Mazda SUV he was driving. During a secondary inspection, officers located nearly 25 pounds of cocaine, worth in excess of $258,000, within the vehicle’s quarter panels.
She said bureau will conduct an investigation to determine culpability for smuggling of the owners and customs brokers of AMD Royale Enterprises.
Earlier, the BOC filed smuggling charges against the owner of New Dawn Enterprises for the illegal importation of 260,000 kilograms of sugar worth P13 million without the proper import permits and for misdeclaring the shipment.
