63-year-old Glendale man fails at marijuana smuggling
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville seized more than 700 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $351,000, during a failed weekend smuggling attempt.
Officers working with a CBP narcotics-detection canine on Nov. 6 located the drugs within a false floor of a trailer; pulled by a Dodge truck driven by a 63-year-old man from Glendale, Arizona.
Officers processed the vehicle and drugs for seizure, and referred the subject to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
Federal law allows officers to charge individuals by complaint, a method that allows the filing of charges for criminal activity without inferring guilt. An individual is presumed innocent unless and until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
CBP’s Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation’s ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation’s food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.
San Luis CBP Officers find meth/cocaine in spare tire
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 63-year-old man from Dateland, Arizona, on Nov. 4 for attempting to smuggle more than 40 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine through the Port of San Luis.
A CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted officers to a Chevy truck with the drugs, worth an estimated $230,000, in a spare tire.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and referred the subject to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
