Officers encountered a 20-year-old man attempting to smuggle 182 packages of marijuana under the hood of his Chevrolet truck. The drugs were discovered after a narcotics detection canine led them to nearly 331 pounds, worth in excess of $165,000.A CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to various spots throughout a smuggling vehicle, where officers recovered nearly 244 pounds of marijuana
A few hours earlier, a service canine alerted officers to a Chevrolet sedan belonging to a 37 year-old man. Officers arrested the man after finding nearly 244 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $122,000, throughout the vehicle.
Officers seized all drugs and vehicles, and referred the subjects to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.