NEW YORK: Two female bus passengers were arrested recently after they tried smuggling narcotics through a local international bridge, according to records filed in a Laredo federal court.
Alma Delia Villarreal-Gomez and Cindy Lozano attempted to smuggle 41 pounds of liquid methamphetamine worth $820,000, states a criminal complaint.
Each woman expected a payment of $4,500 for smuggling the narcotics, according to Homeland Security Investigations special agents.
On Aug. 23, Villarreal-Gomez and Lozano arrived on a commercial bus at the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred Villarreal-Gomez and Lozano to secondary inspection.
CBP said one of its K-9s alerted officers to the odor of contraband emitting from the luggage belonging to Villarreal-Gomez and Lozano.
CBP officers said they discovered in the luggage three bottles containing a combined 41 pounds of liquid methamphetamine.
In post-arrest interviews, both women allegedly admitted to picking up a package in Queretaro, Mexico, and were to deliver it in Austin.
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