NOGALES, AZ (Tucson News Now) -
Border Patrol intercepts more than $1 million in drugs over
the weekend.
In two separate incidents at the I-19 check point, agents with
the Nogales Station stopped three people attempting to smuggle drugs across the
border. Two Mexican nationals were
arrested on February 22, after trying to cross into the U.S. with 4.5 pounds of
brown-tar heroin.
At the same checkpoint on February 24, a U.S. citizen was
arrested, after 1.75 pounds of heroin were found taped to his body. In both cases the smugglers will face federal
prosecution. The drugs, weighing in at
11 pounds, were worth an estimated $130,000.
Also on February 24, an apparently abandoned vehicle was found
by agents from the Casa Grande Station.
Acting on a tip from a resident, the agents located a Chevy Suburban
loaded with 1,800 pounds of marijuana.
Agents ran a record check on the vehicle and found it was
reported stolen from Avondale, AZ. A
search of the area around the SUV did not reveal any suspects. The drugs, worth an estimated $915,000 were
turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, while the Pinal County
Sheriff's Office took custody of the vehicle.
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