Mexican Man Arrested, Drugs Seized By CBP Officers At Port Of Lukeville

Officers at the Port of Lukeville seized hard drugs from within the dashboard [Photo by CBP]

On Thursday, at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican man after seizing a combination of methamphetamine, heroin and suspected fentanyl.

The 36-year-old man was referred for a secondary inspection of his Ford truck as he applied to re-enter the United States from Mexico. A CBP canine alerted to an odor it is trained to detect, leading officers to the discovery of almost 18 pounds of meth within the dashboard, with an estimated value of more than $53,000. They also seized a near 2.5 pound package of heroin, worth more than $65,000 and quarter pound of suspected fentanyl worth more than $11,000.

Officers arrested the subject and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, while the drugs and the vehicle were seized.

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