TUCSON ARIZ: US Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a pair of Mexican nationals for failed attempts to smuggle methamphetamine and heroin through the Port of Nogales. Nearly $90,000 worth of heroin are seized by CBP officers at the Port of Nogales
After officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing selected Brenda Patricia Carrizoza-Peralta, 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for further inspection of her Ford truck on March 31, a narcotics-detection canine alerted to the presence of drugs. As a result, officers found more than six pounds of heroin, worth about $90,000, hidden within the rear axles. Nearly $253,000 worth of meth and heroin are seized by CBP officers working at the DeConcini crossing in Nogales, Ariz.
Earlier today (April 1), officers at the DeConcini crossing referred a Dodge truck being driven by Ramon Orlando Rosas-Meraz, 54, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for further inspection. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to the firewall, officers located and removed 23 packages of drugs. Six of the packages contained more than 14 pounds of heroin worth more than $198,000 while 17 other packages contained more than 18 pounds of meth worth more than $54,000.
Officers processed the vehicle and drugs for seizure, and referred Carrizoza and Rosas to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
