TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis arrested a 36-year-old Mexican national for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 22 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States. CBP officers at the Port of San Luis discovered packages of meth within the headliner of a smuggling vehicle The seats within a smuggling vehicle are found to be hiding packages of meth, by CBP officers at the Port of San Luis
Officers referred Ruth Escobedo-Armenta, of Mexicali, Sonora, Mexico, for a secondary inspection of her Nissan SUV when she attempted to enter the U.S. on June 7. After a CBP narcotics-detection canine alerted to the presence of drugs, officers found 22 packages of meth worth almost $67,000.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and referred Escobedo to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.