Border Patrol Seizes 10 Pounds of Heroin

Updated: Friday, 08 Jul 2011, 9:55 AM MST
Published : Friday, 08 Jul 2011, 9:48 AM MST

TUCSON, Ariz. - Border Patrol agents stationed at a southern Arizona checkpoint seized 10 pounds of heroin worth $136,000.

Agents using drug detecting dogs found the heroin while checking cars and trucks stopped at an Interstate 19 checkpoint Wednesday south of Tucson.

The driver, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen female, was arrested after agents discovered seven packages of heroin concealed inside her purse and one additional package taped to her leg.

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