YUMA: Yuma Sector agents assigned to Wellton Station seized 277 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $138,500.
Agents patrolling near Gila Bend arrested five individuals found walking toward Interstate 8 with six camouflaged backpacks filled with marijuana.
All of the individuals and marijuana were processed per Yuma Sector guidelines.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.