San Luis CBP officers seize $623K in hard drugs
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently arrested four U.S. citizens in connection to three separate failed drug smuggling attempts through the San Luis port of entry involving a total of about $623,000 in methamphetamine and heroin.
In the first of the incidents, officers referred a 62-year-old man for an additional search of his KIA van as he attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico on Saturday.
A CBP canine alerted to a scent it was trained to detect in multiple locations, which led officers to discover more than 46 pounds of meth, worth more than $139,000. The man was also carrying nearly 2,000 acetaminophen pills, worth an undetermined value.
Then on Sunday afternoon, CBP officers referred a 20-yearold female driver and her 19-year-old female passenger for further inspection of their Chevy sedan.
A canine alert led officers to more than 27 pounds of meth, which had an estimated value of nearly $82,000, as well as more than 10 pounds of heroin, worth in excess of $176,000, from within all four door compartments.
Lastly, on Monday afternoon, a CBP canine alerted to a Chevy truck being driven by a 26-year-old man. When officers searched the vehicle they found over 75 pounds of meth hidden in the spare tire and in the passenger side doors.
The drugs were worth nearly $226,000.
CBP officers seized the vehicles as well as the drugs. The suspects were all arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.