U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Nogales apprehended a Tucson woman after a failed drug smuggling attempt Wednesday afternoon.
Officers working the pedestrian lanes of the Dennis DeConcini Crossing referred a 25-year-old woman for further questioning as she attempted to enter the United States from Mexico. Officers were lead to two packages of methamphetamine on the woman’s person when a CBP canine alerted to an odor it was trained to detect.
More than half a pound of meth with an estimated street value of $1,700 were seized and turned over with the subject to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.