TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a Mexican national Wednesday for attempting to smuggle $50,000 worth of cocaine through the Port of Nogales.
Officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing, assisted by a narcotics-detection canine, selected Luis Javier Guerrero-Tirado, 22, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for further inspection of his Chrysler sedan and discovered nearly five pounds of cocaine, worth more than $50,000, in the vehicle’s battery.
Officers processed the vehicle and drugs for seizure, and referred Guerrero to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.