TUCSON: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility in Nogales, Arizona, seized $4.5 million in marijuana – approximately 9,000 pounds – from a Mexican national May 12 when he attempted to enter the United States.Nearly 9,000 pounds of marijuana were seized by CBP officers at the Maricopa Commercial Facility from a tractor trailer
After an alert by a CBP narcotics-detection canine, officers found the drugs co-mingled within a shipment identified as pumps and components in a tractor-trailer driven by a
59-year-old man from Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.
Officers seized the tractor-trailer and shipment, and referred the driver to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Less than a month ago, on April 21, officers at the same facility seized 14,800 pounds of marijuana worth $7.4 million; co-mingled in a shipment of watermelons.
