Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Pirtleville, Arizona, teen for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 285 pounds of marijuana through the Port of Douglas on August 8.Officers located additional packages of marijuana behind the stereo within a smuggling vehicle
Officers arrested the 17-year-old teen male after CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted officers to nearly 200 packages of marijuana, worth almost $143,000, throughout the vehicle.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, arrested and referred the teen to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.