CBP officers discover marijuana within the roof of trailer
Officers at the Mariposa Commercial facility referred a 28-year-old man from neighboring Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, for a secondary vehicle inspection of the tractor-trailer he was driving on April 18. A CBP narcotics-detection canine then helped officers locate more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana worth in excess of $736,000.
A day earlier, officers at the Dennis DeConcini crossing arrested Martin Fernando Galindo-Duran, 51, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, after finding 13 packages of methamphetamine in his Pontiac sedan. A narcotics-detection canine alerted officers to nearly 18 pounds of meth concealed in the firewall and quarter panel, valued at almost $53,000. Officers also arrested Analicia Cruz Campas, 28, of Tucson after a service canine alerted officers to her computer bag with more than six pounds of cocaine, worth in excess of $63,000.
On April 19, officers at the DeConcini pedestrian crossing referred Lili Blumenkron, 22, of Nogales, Arizona, for further inspection and located more than a pound of heroin, worth nearly $18,000, in her undergarments. (no photo)
Officers processed all drugs and vehicles involved, and referred the subjects to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.