Thread: C.B.P. Officers Seize $3.1 Million in Cocaine at Douglas, AZ

C.B.P. News Release

CBP Officers Seize $3.1 Million in Cocaine at Douglas Port of Entry

(Sunday, September 26, 2010)

Douglas, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped the attempted smuggling of a dangerous drug when they seized nearly 70 pounds of cocaine concealed inside the doors of a pickup truck.

On Sept. 26, at approximately 7 p.m., CBP officers were screening traffic coming from Mexico. The CBP officers selected a 1994 Mercury Villager for inspection. The vehicle was being driven by a 32-year-old woman from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.

With the assistance of a narcotics detection K-9 team the CBP officers discovered that the quarter panels of the Villager were filled with packages of cocaine. The total weight of cocaine was nearly 70 pounds with an estimated street value of $3.1 million.

CBP officers seized the vehicle and the cocaine. The woman was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation and prosecution.

A criminal complaint is simply the method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An individual is presumed innocent until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

While anti-terrorism is the primary mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the inspection process at the ports of entry associated with this mission results in impressive numbers of enforcement actions in all categories.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
M. Carl Robinson
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (520) 364-8486

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 262010.xml

Too late to save the rancher and his dog who were killed on their property.

Better late than never? I don't think so.