Agents say they noticed that four of the individuals were carrying large bundles, which they suspected to be contraband. During the processing, they sequestered approximately 204 pounds of marijuana worth more than $102,000 from the suspects.
In another incident at the I-8 Immigraton checkpoint, agents arrested a man from Phoenix after searching his 2006 Chrysler 300 vehicle.
During the search, they say they found 22 packages of methamphetamine weighing almost 12 pounds in the car’s dashboard. The seized methamphetamine is worth more than $35,000. Agents also sequestered that man’s vehicle.
Early this month, USA Herald reported that Arizona Border Patrol agents had arrested U.S. citizens for smuggling illegal drugs in separate incidents. The total value of the illegal drugs was more than $1 million.
Last month, agents seized illegal drugs worth more than $500,000 during separate smuggling incidents. They arrested a Cuban national and two U.S. citizens.
