TUCSON: US Customs and Border Protection officers in Nogales seized nearly 111 pounds of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine during separate incidents.
CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing seized more than $700,000 worth of heroin and meth from within a smuggling vehicle
CBP officers at the DeConcini crossing seized more than $700,000 worth of heroin and meth from within a smuggling vehicle.
The largest seizure occurred Jan. 28 when CBP officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing found 47 pounds of heroin and nearly 14 pounds of meth in a Dodge truck driven by a 36-year-old man from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Officers found 30 packages of heroin, worth an estimated $666,000, and 10 packages of meth worth more than $41,000.
DeConcini officers discovered more than 23 pounds of cocaine, valued at $245,000, in the rear bumper of a Dodge sedan occupied by a 20-year-old woman and her 26-year-old boyfriend, both from Tucson.
Earlier that day, officers at the Mariposa crossing discovered more than 2.5 pounds of heroin, valued at more than $36,500, and nearly 24 pounds of methamphetamine, worth more than $71,500, in the floor of a Nissan sedan belonging to a 33-year-old woman from Nogales, Arizona.
Combined, all have a total value of nearly $1,061,000. Officers also seized all vehicles involved and turned the subjects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
