2,800 pounds of marijuana seized in Easter weekend busts at Lukeville
Customs officers at Arizona's Port of Lukeville arrested four US citizens and seized more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kg) of marijuana worth $1.4 million in two Easter weekend smuggling attempts. A drug dog found 2,600 pounds hidden in a motorhome on the Saturday and 150 pounds in a pickup's bed the next day.
🇺🇸 Port of Lukeville, Arizona · Arizona, United States
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona’s Port of Lukeville arrested four U.S. citizens and seized more than 2,800 pounds (about 1,270 kg) of marijuana in two Easter weekend smuggling attempts.[1][2]On the Saturday, a 55-year-old Glendale man travelling with a 58-year-old Phoenix woman was sent to secondary inspection in his motorhome, where a narcotics-detection canine led officers to multiple bundles weighing more than 2,600 pounds and worth over $1.3 million.[1][2]
The next day officers stopped a 40-year-old Green Valley man and his 24-year-old passenger in a Ford truck and, again with a canine, found more than 150 pounds of marijuana worth almost $77,000 hidden in the truck’s bed.[1][2]Officers seized the drugs and both vehicles and handed the four suspects to Homeland Security Investigations.[1]
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