AZMEX UPDATE2 10 JUL 2019
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BP: Couple transporting over $500,000 worth of Fentanyl, meth arrested outside Gila Bend
Posted: 1:56 PM, Jul 10, 2019 Updated: 1:56 PM, Jul 10, 2019
By: Joe Enea
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https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/bp-couple-transporting-over-500-000-worth-of-fentanyl-meth-arrested-outside-gila-bend
GILA BEND, AZ — A couple from Mexico has been arrested for transporting over $500,000 in meth and Fentanyl to Desert Sky Mall,
according to court paperwork.
On July 4 the U.S. Border Patrol was conducting an immigration checkpoint on SR-85 near Gila Bend
when a drug dog got a hit on a Red Dodge Nitro, according to court records.
When investigators did a closer search on the vehicle,
they reportedly found 34 pounds of meth, and 4 pounds of Fentanyl, agents say.
Court records show that the street value of the drugs is about $520,000.
The driver, Dayna Luz Portillo, 42 and her passenger, Manuel Alberto Leon, 20, were questioned by investigators.
Portillo reportedly told agents that she was to be paid $4,000 for transporting the drugs from Mexico
to the Desert Sky Mall, near 75th Avenue and Thomas Road.
She also allegedly told investigators that Leon was responsible for coordinating the vehicle pick up from the mall.
Both Leon and Portillo are residents of Sonoita Mexico and have been charged with conspiracy and transporting narcotic drugs.
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PD: Police find 30 pounds of meth and 10 pounds of heroin in South Phoenix home
Posted: 2:00 PM, Jul 09, 2019 Updated: 3:10 PM, Jul 09, 2019
By: Joe Enea
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/pd-police-find-30-pounds-of-meth-and-10-pounds-of-heroin-in-south-phoenix-home
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PHOENIX — Phoenix Police found 30 pounds of meth and 10 pounds of heroin in a South Phoenix home recently.
In the late evening of July 1, Phoenix police responded to a home near 43rd Avenue and Buckeye Road for a reported home invasion.
In the house, they reportedly found 30 pounds of meth, 10 pounds of heroin
20 guns and nearly $60,000 in cash, according to police reports.
The homeowner, 40-year-old Humberto Soto, reportedly told police that he was holding the drugs and cash
for a friend in Mexico. He says he picked up the drugs and money from unknown people at a grocery store
and was instructed to keep it until contacted, according to court records.
Soto has been charged with possession of narcotic drugs for sale, money laundering, and weapons misconduct.
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