U.S. Citizen Caught By Border Patrol Agents With Weapons, Drugs, Cash

YUMA – A U.S. citizen has been arrested after Border Patrol agents found him to be in possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, hashish, bulk cash, and multiple firearms in his vehicle.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint referred the citizen, driving a 2013 Subaru Outback to the secondary inspection area due to a Border Patrol canine alert. Agents discovered the drugs hidden in the trunk. A pistol was also recovered from the passenger floorboard, as well as a shotgun in the trunk and a large amount of currency.

The 38-year-old citizen was turned over to the Yuma County Narcotics Task Force for prosecution.

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