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Thursday, January 04, 2007

Nogales woman suspected of smuggling 81 lbs. of coke

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Officers at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales arrested a 27-year-old Nogales, Ariz., woman Tuesday evening as she tried to smuggle 81 pounds of cocaine into the country, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The cocaine has an estimated street value of $515,500, using figures from the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, the federal anti-drug analysis and intelligence center. According to figures used by Customs and Border Protection, the cocaine has a street value of more than $2 million.

The woman concealed the cocaine in the front wheel wells of a 2000 Chevrolet Malibu, said Customs and Border Protection spokesman Brian Levin. One of Customs and Border Protection's dogs alerted officers to the narcotics, he said. Officers turned the woman, a U.S. citizen, over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Her name was not released.

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