
$2.1 Million Of Drugs Discovered In Load Of Sheet Metal, Trucker Arrested
Tucson, Arizona – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations, officers at the Port of Nogales seized nearly $2.1 million in marijuana over the weekend.
Officers referred a tractor trailer being driven by a 45-year-old Mexican national when he attempted to enter the United States through the Mariposa commercial facility, Saturday afternoon.
A CBP narcotics detection canine alerted officers to nearly 600 bundles of marijuana concealed within a shipment of rolled sheet metal.

The drugs are identified as more than 4,100 pounds of marijuana with a value of nearly $2.1M.
Officers seized the tractor-trailer and the drugs.
The driver was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations pending further investigation.