TUCSON – A Mexican national, with drugs in his dashboard was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers referred a 32-year-old San Luis, Sonora, Mexico, man for additional inspection of his van, after a CBP narcotics detected the smell of drugs coming from the dashboard.
Officers removed 18 packages of cocaine from the dashboard. The cocaine weighed nearly 44 pounds, worth more than an estimated value of $592,000
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle.