U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized a shipment of narcotics valued at over 6 million pesos at the Amado, Arizona, immigration checkpoint. The seizure occurred on Interstate 19, about 40 kilometers north of the border with Nogales, where agents detected irregularities in a late-model Chevrolet pickup truck. According to Sector Chief Michael W. Banks, the estimated value of the drugs is $349,000. After a secondary inspection, off…
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U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector seized a shipment of narcotics valued at over 6 million pesos at the Amado, Arizona, immigration checkpoint. The seizure occurred on Interstate 19, about 40 kilometers north of the border with Nogales, where agents detected irregularities in a late-model Chevrolet pickup truck. According to Sector Chief Michael W. Banks, the estimated value of the drugs is $349,000. After a secondary inspection, off…