Officers in Nogales find $1M worth of pot hidden in bags of charcoal

More than $1 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of charcoal was seized at a Nogales port of entry on Friday, officials said.

Cheese smuggler intercepted at Arizona border

Border officers at the Lukeville crossing made a big bust this week, taking down a smuggler in a “queso” cheese trafficking.

Border officers seize $500K in meth at Nogales crossing

Border officers found more than 30 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in the rear bumper of a car been driven across the Nogales border crossing Sunday, officials say.

Border officers: Tucson man hid heroin in bellybutton

A 35-year-old Tucson man was arrested Tuesday after border officers say he tried to cross into Arizona with heroin wrapped around his waist and a small package of the drug tucked into his bellybutton.

Douglas border officers find 200 pounds of pot in car

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Friday after border officers found 144 packages of marijuana hidden in the Dodge sedan she was driving into Douglas from Mexico, officials say.

Nogales border officers arrest 2 with meth, heroin

A Sonora man was arrested Sunday after border officers say they found $951,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden in his car.

Woman with heroin in bra among pair of border busts

Two people trying to smuggle drugs inside their underwear were arrested by border officers this week in separate incidents.

Border agents seize 26 lbs. of cocaine at Nogales port

A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for attempting to smuggle 26 pounds of cocaine into the United States through the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Ariz, officials said.

$90K in cash seized at border in Nogales

A 34-year-old Mexican national from Nogales, Sonora, was arrested Tuesday for attempting to smuggle $90,000 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, Ariz.

How the immigration reform bill relates to Arizona

Senators introduced Tuesday night a long-awaited immigration bill that seeks to reform what many from both sides of the debate call a broken immigration system. The legislation invests billions of dollars in border security; mandates that all employers verify the legal status of their employ…

Border officers seize fraudulent credit cards at Nogales crossing

A Mexican man is accused of trying to smuggle nearly 80 fraudulent credit cards out of southern Arizona, federal authorities say.

Border officers: Arizona man had $11,000 stuffed in shoes

Border officers say they found nearly $11,000 stuffed into the shoes of a Phoenix man trying to walk into Mexico at the Lukeville port of entry.

Border officers in Nogales find heroin, meth in spare tire

A 21-year-old Nogales, Sonora man was arrested Wednesday after border officers say he was caught with black tar heroin and methamphetamine as he tried to drive into Arizona.

Border officers seize bundles of cash from 2 women

Two Mexican women were arrested in separate incidents this week when border of officers in Nogales said they tried to smuggle nearly $62,000 combined.

2 arrested in separate border pot-smuggling incidents

Two people were arrested Tuesday in separate incidents at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry for trying to smuggle about $304,000 worth of marijuana into the United States, a federal official said.

Woman accused of trying to smuggle chicharrones across border

Border agents used to intercepting massive loads of drugs and piles of money busted a woman with unusual contraband — chicharrones.

Border officers find drug assortment in Mexican woman’s pickup truck

A 54-year-old Mexican woman was arrested Wednesday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Naco Port of Entry said they found about 150 pounds of assorted drugs.

More than 3 tons of pot seized at U.S.-Mexico border

A Mexican driver of a semi-truck was arrested Wednesday at the Nogales Commercial Facility after federal officers found more than three tons of marijuana in containers labeled vaccum pumps and lamp holders, authorities said.

Man wanted in Tucson murder arrested at border

A Mexican national wanted in connection to a slaying of a man on the city's southside last summer was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday, authorities said.

Border agents nab more women packing heroin under bra

An 18-year-old Mexican woman was arrested Wednesday after border agents in Nogales say she tried to walk into Arizona with heroin duct-taped to her midriff.