TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial Facility seized $3,237,000 in marijuana – nearly 6,500 pounds – from a Mexican national Wednesday when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales.
Officers discovered more than 140 packages of marijuana in a tractor-trailer driven by a 39-year-old man from Sonora, Mexico, following an alert by a CBP narcotics-detection canine.
Officers seized the drugs and tractor-trailer loaded with electronic parts and components. Officers referred the driver to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
