A U.S. citizen was arrested at the Port of San Luis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in connection to a failed smuggling attempt of methamphetamine.
On Friday morning, a 24-year-old man was referred by officers for additional inspection of his Ford SUV as he attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico. Following an alert by a CBP narcotics detection canine to a scent it was trained to detect, officers discovered more than 100 packages of meth throughout the vehicle.
The drugs with a weight of almost 118 pounds are valued at nearly $353,000.
CBP officers seized the drugs and vehicle. The subject was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.