CBP agents thigh deep in drugs
Two pedestrians were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in separate incidents during Labor Day weekend for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into the United States.
On August 31, 25-year-old Mario Alberto Salgado Trejo was arrested after officers found 1.2 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at more than $18,000, taped to his thighs.
On September 1, a 17-year-old male was apprehended after CBP officers, assisted by a narcotics detection canine, found close to two pounds of meth, worth $23,870, taped to the man’s thighs.
In each incident, the drugs were processed for seizure and the two men were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcements’ Homeland Security Investigations.