NOGALES, AZ (Tucson News Now) – Officers with Customs and Border Protection arrested two men for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the U.S., one hid the drugs in his SUV, while the other used tortillas.
Yes, you read that right, tortillas.
The two were arrested in two separate smuggling attempts. On Friday, Oct. 28 the first man, a resident of Nogales, AZ attempted to smuggle three pounds of methamphetamine into the U.S. via the Morley Pedestrian crossing in Nogales. CBP pulled him aside for further inspection after a canine alerted to the possibility of drugs. Officers searched the man and found the drugs inside stacks of hollowed out tortillas.
The second man, a resident of Sonora, Mexico attempted to smuggle nearly $78,000 in methamphetamine across the border using his SUV on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Dennis DeConcini crossing.
CBP seized all drugs and the SUV involved and turned the suspects over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations for further processing.
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