4,100 pounds of marijuana found in sheet-metal load at Nogales
Officers at the Mariposa crossing in Nogales found more than 4,100 pounds of marijuana worth nearly 2.1 million dollars hidden in a shipment of rolled sheet metal on 20 April 2019. A drug dog alerted officers to about 600 bundles in the load; the driver was arrested and handed to federal investigators.
🇺🇸 Mariposa commercial facility, port of Nogales, Arizona · Arizona, United States
Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa commercial facility in
Nogales referred a tractor-trailer driven by a 45-year-old Mexican national for
inspection on Saturday afternoon, 20 April 2019, as he tried to enter the United
States.[1][2]A narcotics detection canine alerted officers to the load, and a
search found nearly 600 bundles of marijuana concealed inside a shipment of
rolled sheet metal.[1][2]The drugs weighed more than 4,100 pounds, about
1,860 kilograms, which the agency valued at nearly 2.1 million dollars.[1][2]The agency’s photograph shows the load as large rolls of sheet metal chained to
a flatbed trailer.[1]
Seizure and arrest
Officers seized the tractor-trailer together with the drugs, and arrested the
driver.[1][2]He was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations pending further investigation.[1][2]
Photos and video
Large rolls of sheet metal on the seized flatbed trailer, the shipment in which officers found about 600 bundles of marijuanaPhoto details
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