Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa crossing referred Forrest Frederick Sims, 62, of Tucson for additional inspection of his Honda sedan. After a Border Patrol narcotic detection canine alerted to the vehicle’s glove box, officers located 14 packages of narcotics. Twelve of the packages contained 27.5 pounds of heroin, worth an estimated $374,000. The other two contained more than five pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $46,000.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing referred a pair of Tucson women, for an additional search of a Hyundai sedan. After a service canine alerted to the presence of drugs within three backpacks that allegedly belonged to Summer Knowles, 25, and her passenger, 22-year-old Rosario Ochoa-Rojas, a total of six packages of drugs were removed. More than 15 pounds of heroin, with an estimated $206,000 were seized.
The vehicles and drugs were seized, while all three subjects were referred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcements’ Homeland Security Investigations.