Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona arrested a Douglas, Ariz. man in connection with a failed attempt to smuggle nearly 164 pounds of marijuana into the United States this past Friday July 8th.
Officers referred the 47-year-old man for a secondary inspection of his GMC truck, where a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to multiple packages of marijuana, valued in excess of $159,000, within the back cab wall and camper of the vehicle.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the subject over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.