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Border busts
More than $1 million worth of marijuana hidden in a shipment of charcoal was seized at a Nogales port of entry May 17, officials said. A tractor-trailer rig coming through the Mariposa Commercial Facility was x-rayed by Customs and Border Protection officers who found more than 2,000 pounds …
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
Border busts
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.A drug dog at the Mariposa border crossing alerted officers to a sedan being driven by Miguel Angel Osuna-Rojo, 40, of Mexico, …
Border busts
A 47-year-old Sonora man was arrested May 7, after more than 22 pounds of methamphetamine was found in the car he was driving into Arizona through the San Luis border crossing.Border officers referred Rodolfo Huerta Ramos, of San Luis, Rio Colorado, Sonora, for an inspection of his Chevrole…
Border busts
A Sonora man was arrested this week at the Mariposa commercial border crossing in Nogales when border officer say they found 39 pounds of cocaine in the car he was driving.Jose Fermin Arrellano-Guzman, 38, of Nogales, Sonora, was driving into Arizona May 9, when his Chevrolet SUV was selecte…
Border busts
Two Mexican men were arrested at the Lukeville border crossing carrying $205,000 in undeclared cash, officials say. Border officers were inspecting a 2000 Toyota sedan May 6, when they found 22 bundles of cash in the car’s panels, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Prot…
Border busts
Border officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales found 5.6 pounds of methamphetamine while inspecting a tractor trailer, officials say. The drugs were found May 6 by an x-ray machine used at the border crossing for commercial traffic. The meth was hidden in a spare automotive battery…
Border busts
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. Calvin C. Howard III was crossing through the Morley pedestrian gate when officers suspecte…
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.
Heroin bust
Border agents found heroin taped to the waist of a traveler on a commercial shuttle. It was one of three heroin seizures Tuesday at the Interstate 19 checkpoint south of Tucson.
Border task force seizes pot, ATVs in Arizona desert
Some 1,700 pounds of marijuana, multiple two-way radios and four ATVs were seized last week in joint agency operations that focus on smuggling groups operating in southern Arizona’s west desert.
Border busts
Some 1,700 pounds of marijuana, multiple two-way radios and four ATVs were seized last week in joint agency operations that focus on smuggling groups operating in southern Arizona’s west desert, border officials said in a news release. On Sunday, officers and Border Patrol agents of the West…
Douglas border officers find 200 pounds of pot in car
Border officers at the Douglas Port of Entry found about 200 pounds of marijuana hidden throughout a Dodge car on Friday.
Nogales border officers arrest 2 with meth, heroin
Officers found 48 packages of methamphetamine weighing a total of about 60 pounds hidden throughout a vehicle being driven into Nogales on Sunday.
Border busts
Two people were arrested over two days in April at the Lukeville border crossing in unrelated drug-smuggling attempts.In the first incident, Arturo Calvillo-Calvillo, 37, a Mexican national living in Phoenix,was pulled aside for an additional inspection of the Chrysler sedan he was driving. …
Border busts
Nearly 13 pounds of cocaine hidden in luggage was seized this month by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Ports of Entry.Jose Luis Gonzalez Murillo, 33, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was driving a Volkswagen sedan in to Arizona through the Mariposa border crossing when…
Border busts
Border Patrol agents made several large marijuana seizures over the weekend in Southern Arizona. On Friday night, agents discovered 34 bundles of marijuana that had been abandoned near the community of Pisinimo on the Tohono O’odham Reservation, west of Tucson. The drugs weighed 1,768 pounds…
Border busts
A 34-year-old Mexican national from Nogales, Sonora, was arrested April 16, 2013, for attempting to smuggle $90,000 in unreported U.S. currency into Mexico through the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, Ariz. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting inspections of vehicles heading in…
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.
Border busts
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.In the first incident, a 26-year-old woman from the state of Sinaloa was walking into Mexico from Arizona when she was pull aside for a search…
Border busts
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.In the first incident, Silvester Padilla Romero, 42, of Tucson, was arrested after a drug dog a…
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
Woman accused of trying to smuggle chicharrones across border
A trained dog helped border officers find pork treats that were wrapped in a towel and stuffed inside a cereal box Monday as a woman tried to drive across the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales.
Border agents find $62K under woman’s clothes
A Nogales, Sonora woman arrested for trying to smuggle money into MexicoNancy Melina Lopez-Martinez, 36, was apprehended as she made her way through the Mariposa port of entry.
Border busts
A Nogales, Sonora woman arrested for trying to smuggle money into Mexico Nancy Melina Lopez-Martinez, 36, was apprehended as she made her way through the Mariposa port of entry, a news release said. the cash was found on Lopez-Martinez when agents searched her Dodge sedan and noticed she app…
Border busts
Border agents used to intercepting massive loads of drugs and piles of money busted a woman with unusual contraband — chicharrones. The pork treats were found wrapped in a towel and stuffed inside a cereal box Monday as the woman tried to drive across the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, U…
Border Busts
Ricardo A. Martinez, 34, was charged in federal court with importation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after he tried last weekend, to drive a car loaded with 13 pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. from Mexico at the San Luis p…
Border Busts
Oliver Cordova Santoyo, 26, of Nogales, Sonora, was arrested March 24, 2013, and faces prosecution on drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales found more than 12 pounds of meth in the floorboard between the seats of his Chevrolet tr…
Border Busts
A 46-year-old Phoenix man was apprehended Monday at the San Luis border crossing after agents say they found nearly 42 pounds hidden in his Ford pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and a drug dog found 16 packages of cocaine with an estimated street value of about $378,…
Border Busts
A 46-year-old Phoenix man was apprehended Monday at the San Luis border crossing after agents say they found nearly 42 pounds hidden in his Ford pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and a drug dog found 16 packages of cocaine with an estimated street value of about $378,…
Border Busts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Nogales Ports of Entry seized more than $4.4 million in narcotics in two days in March 2013. Combined, the seizures more than four tons. The driver of a tractor-trailer was arrested at the Nogales Commercial Facility when he tried t…
Border Busts
A Mexican man was arrested March 12, 2013 at the Nogales Commercial Facility for attempting to smuggle more than a ton of marijuana into the United States in crates of bell peppers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers referred the tractor-trailer for an additional inspection. After a…
Border Busts
Money in a pair of sneakers was seized by agents working on the outbound inspection team in 2004.
Border Busts
A silver Jeep Cherokee that suspected smugglers were attempting to drive over the U.S.-Mexico border fence is stuck at the top of a makeshift ramp early Oct. 31, 2012 near Yuma. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Station seized both the ramps and the vehicle, which stalled at the top of…
Border Busts
A silver Jeep Cherokee that suspected smugglers were attempting to drive over the U.S.-Mexico border fence is stuck at the top of a makeshift ramp early Oct. 31, 2012 near Yuma. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Station seized both the ramps and the vehicle, which stalled at the top of…
Border Busts
More than a ton of marijuana was seized over two days in October 2006. The pot had an estimated value of more than $3.5 million.
Border Busts
Maria Veronica Martinez, 37, from Fresno, Calif., was crossing into Arizona at the Nogales border Feb. 25, 2013, when she was pulled over for an additional inspection. She was searched after a drug dog alerted to her Dodge sedan and agents found a single package of heroin taped around her mi…
Border agents nab another Nogales woman 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.
Border Busts
An 18-year-old Mexican woman was arrested Feb. 28, 2013, after border agents in Nogales say she tried to walk into Arizona with heroin duct-taped to her midriff.
Border agents in Nogales find heroin taped to woman’s midriff
A California woman was arrested this week at the Nogales border crossing with eight pounds of heroin wrapped around her midriff, officials say.
Border Busts
A California woman was arrested in late February 2013 at the Nogales border crossing with eight pounds of heroin wrapped around her midriff, officials say.
Border Patrol seizes $1 million in drugs
A 23-year-old United States citizen was arrested Sunday at the Border Patrol checkpoint south of Tucson on Interstate 19 with 1.75 pounds of heroin hidden under his clothes, officials say.
Border Busts
A 23-year-old United States citizen was arrested Feb. 24, 2013 at the Border Patrol checkpoint south of Tucson on Interstate 19 with 1.75 pounds of heroin hidden under his clothes, officials say.
Border Busts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Guillermo Eleazar Lopez-Rodriguez was driving an SUV with $538,000 worth of meth hidden in the frame in February 2013.
Border Busts
An 18-year-old shuttle van passenger was arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs after Border Patrol agents at a checkpoint south of Tucson found her carrying methamphetamine in January 2013.
Drug smugglers arrest
A dozen drug smugglers carrying 1,250 pounds of marijuana were arrested Tuesday night by Border Patrol agents southwest of Tucson.
Border Busts
Luis Carlos Majalca, 24, was arrested in January 2013 after agents say they found him walking across the border from Arizona carrying $22,500 in unreported U.S. currency hidden inside his jacket
Border Busts
A California man was arrested at the Douglas border crossing in December 2012 after agents say they found $1 million worth of liquid meth in his car’s fuel tank, officials said.
Border Busts
A Douglas woman was arrested while trying to drive into Arizona when border agents say they found 199 packages of marijuana hidden in the car she was driving in November 2012.
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