Crystal meth seized in Douglas (AZ)

Sierra Vista Herald ^ | 6/12/10 | Unspecified

[exbrit]

DOUGLAS —U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a drug smuggling try, seizing 39 pounds of crystal meth from a vehicle. On June 11 at about 9 a.m., CBP officers were screening traffic coming from Mexico. Officers selected a 2003 Ford Escape for inspection.

The vehicle was being driven by a 32-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. With the assistance of a K-9 team the CBP officers discovered that the fire wall inside the engine compartment had been altered and was being used to smuggle packages of crystal meth. The total weight of crystal meth was nearly 39 pounds with an estimated street value of $1.7 million.

[bgill]

The vehicle was being driven by a 32-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.

Probably another catch and release. CLOSE THE BORDER!

[thethirddegree]

execute the drug runners.

[momtothree]

Illegals... supplying drugs to Americans that Americans don’t want to supply.

[Hoodat]

Methamphetamine in Arizona? No way.

[Tammy8]

Talk along the border says there are huge warehouses in Mexico where meth is mass produced to be sold in U.S.

[BipolarBob]

Just a undocumented pharmacist trying to better his life and provide for his family.

/sarc

[WashStateGirl]

I wonder if it was blue...

[SandRat]

Border Ping

[USNBandit]

Meth production has moved south when the U.S. put controls on the precursors here in the United States. Sometimes the Mexicans even smuggle the precursors.

Mexican meth has made it all the way to the north border.

[count-your-change]

I've been fortunate in that I've only had to spend one night in Douglas. I slept in my van with an anti-theft device close at hand. Hot, poor, close to the border, what more could a person not want?

[refreshed]

It is not that bad. Just keep that anti-theft device handy. LOL.

[NonValueAdded]

:)