A smuggler with a spare tire filled with meth was nabbed on Wednesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. Officers arrested a male Mexican national in a failed smuggling attempt that resulted in the seizure of nearly 40 pounds of methamphetamine at Arizona’s Port of San Luis.
Officers referred a 22-year-old San Luis man for additional questioning as he attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico in a Ford truck. A CBP canine alert led officers to discover multiple packages of meth, worth an estimated $115,500 in the vehicle’s spare tire.
CBP officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and arrested the subject who was then turned over to Homeland Security Investigations.