TUCSON, Ariz. – Not so fast.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona said canine dogs helped sniff out 45 pounds of methamphetamine at Arizona’s Port of San Luis.
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Officers discovered meth packages hidden within the fenders of a smuggling vehicle, CBP post reads.
Officers stopped to inspect the Nissan sedan of a 22-year-old Mexican man as he attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico on Sunday.
A CBP narcotics detection canine alerted officers to a scent it was trained to detect. That is when officers discovered packages of meth throughout the vehicle.
The drugs are valued at more than $135,000, CBP said.
The 22-year-old was arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.