Over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection officers working the Port of Nogales discovered what they described as a “massive” amount of fentanyl pills, other drugs hidden in the floor of a tractor-trailer.
Massive amount of fentanyl pills, other drugs seized at the Nogales POE on Saturday
18-Wheeler trailer floor compartment with approx 1.27 million pills and 104 lbs of cocaine
Vehicle floor with approx 300,000 pills, 2 lbs fentanyl powder, 13 lbs of heroin and 10 lbs of cocaine pic.twitter.com/z3HIcQdW7C— Port Director Michael W. Humphries (@CBPPortDirNOG) August 22, 2022
CBP Nogales Port Director Michael Humphries advised that officers found 1.57 million fentanyl pills, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl powder.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey retweeted the message and added one of his own in which he call the officers’ work as “excellent,” and vowed to work with CBP to “keep these dangerous drugs out of Arizona – and the rest of the nation.”
This is astonishing. Excellent work by @CBP. Together, we will keep these dangerous drugs out of Arizona – and the rest of the nation. https://t.co/8kxQ1D21vl
— Doug Ducey (@DougDucey) August 22, 2022
MASSIVE SEIZURE: On Saturday @CBP officers at the Port of #Nogales AZ seized a total of 1.27 M fentanyl pills & 111 LBS of cocaine.
In the month of August, Nogales has seized a total of 3.1 MILLION fentanyl pills, highlighting the dangerous trend of deadly narcotics smuggling. pic.twitter.com/zhPR7qjion— Director of Field Operations Guadalupe H. Ramirez (@DFOTucson) August 22, 2022