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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Agents seize almost a million dollars in cocaine

BY NICOLE E. SQUIBBS, SUN STAFF WRITER
Feb 2, 2007

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz., stopped almost $1 million worth of cocaine from being smuggled into the country.

Officers questioned a 22-year-old man who was attempting to come into the U.S. while driving a 2003 Dodge 2500 truck at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 29. They became suspicious of his behavior and answers and decided to inspect his truck, according to a news release.

Narcotics detector dogs alerted officers to the odor of narcotics coming from his truck, and officers found a compartment built into the dashboard filled with 14 packages of cocaine, weighing 36 pounds and worth $924,000, the release said.

Officers arrested the driver, a Mexican citizen from San Luis Rio Colorado, Son., and turned him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and seized his truck and the narcotics, the release said.

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