On Monday, U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Wellton Station Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint arrested a Yuma mother for transporting 41 packages of methamphetamine in her vehicle. The driver’s vehicle and contraband were seized.
The driver’s 2-year-old child was in the backseat of the vehicle at the time. The child was released into the custody of a relative.
Agents sent a green 2005 Chrysler Pacifica to the secondary inspection area for further investigation, at approximately 10:31 a.m. A Border Patrol canine positively alerted to an odor it was trained to detect while agents questioned the 36-year-old female United States citizen driver. Agents discovered 41 wrapped packages of methamphetamine hidden in the vehicle’s rear quarter panels. The narcotics weighed approximately 52.5 pounds and is worth nearly $157,500.