Arizona teens arrested near Mexico border with $2M worth of hard narcotics in pickup truck
Border agents found 57 packages of suspected meth, cocaine and heroin concealed inside the vehicle.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two teenagers from an Arizona border town were arrested over the weekend after nearly $2 million worth of cocaine, meth and heroin was found in their pickup truck during a vehicle stop, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Tuesday.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the desert near the Nogales/Mariposa Port of Entry on Saturday observed several individuals emerge from the brush and load packages into a parked truck near Peña Blanca Lake. Those who loaded the truck returned back into the desert as the truck pulled away and have not been located by authorities.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Agents discovered 57 packages of suspected meth, cocaine and heroin concealed inside the vehicle. (CBP)
Minutes later, agents conducted a vehicle stop on a red Chevrolet Silverado driving in the area and found 57 packages of suspected meth, cocaine and heroin concealed inside the vehicle. The narcotics totaled nearly $1,889,600 in street value.
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The driver and the sole passenger, both 18-year-old residents of Rio Rico, Ariz., were arrested and ultimately turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, along with the seized drugs, to face federal drug charges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Their names have not been released by authorities.