More Than 100 Pounds of Cocaine Seized in Yuma

Updated: Friday, 09 Mar 2012, 7:08 PM MST
Published : Friday, 09 Mar 2012, 7:08 PM MST

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — Federal authorities say they've seized more than 100 pounds of cocaine from a woman's luggage at a Yuma train station.

U.S. Border Patrol agents say the drugs have an estimated value of more than $2.2 million.

Yuma Station agents say they observed suspicious behavior of a female Friday morning at the Amtrak train station in Yuma and asked the woman if they could search her luggage.

The woman consented but claimed two of the bags were secured with locks to which she had no key.

The locks were cut and agents discovered 41 packages of cocaine, vacuum sealed and wrapped in black electrical tape.

The woman and drugs were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. The woman's name wasn't immediately released, but authorities say she's a U.S. citizen.

More Than 100 Pounds of Cocaine Seized in Yuma