Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents working at the immigration checkpoint on Interstate 19 near Amado found more than 15 pounds of methamphetamine in a Buick Rendezvous, driven by a 32-year-old Nogales, Arizona woman Tuesday.
A Border Patrol canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect leading agents to 15 packages of methamphetamine, estimated at $45,000.
Agents arrested the woman for narcotics smuggling and turned her over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The drugs and vehicle have been seized.