TUCSON: Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested two individuals May 5 in separate incidents for attempting to smuggle a more than 112 pounds of marijuana into the United States.CBP officers from the Port of Douglas recovered nearly 110 pounds of marijuana from the rocker panels of a smuggling vehicle
Officers first referred a 20-year-old male U.S. citizen, living in neighboring Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, for a secondary inspection of the Ford Mustang he was driving. During the inspection, a CBP narcotics-detection canine alert led officers to discover more than 60 packages of marijuana, weighing nearly 110 pounds and worth almost $55,000, in the vehicle’s rocker panels.A pedestrian crosser was referred for further inspection/questioning by CBP officers at the Port of Douglas. When the Douglas, Ariz. woman was searched, officers found drugs wrapped around her upper torso.
Later in the morning, officers working the pedestrian crossing referred a 27-year-old Douglas woman for secondary questioning. During a search of the subject, officers removed multiple packages of marijuana from her upper torso. The drugs weighed nearly three pounds and are valued at more than $1,400.
Officers seized the vehicle and all drugs, and turned both subjects over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
