TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Interstate 19 Immigration Checkpoint arrested a woman attempting to smuggle heroin internally into the U.S. early Tuesday evening.
On Tuesday, at approximately 5:40 p.m., a Border Patrol canine at the checkpoint alerted to a Volkswagen Jetta with two occupants. During secondary inspection, the passenger, a 20-year-old female from Mexico, was found to be concealing a bundle of heroin in her groin, weighing approximately 295 grams.
The woman, legally present in the United States, was arrested and faces prosecution for narcotics smuggling.
