AZMEX UPDATE 26-2-19

AZMEX UPDATE 26 FEB 2019


CBP officers seized nearly 349 pounds of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and possible fentanyl
Posted: 9:38 PM, Feb 25, 2019 Updated: 5:53 AM, Feb 26, 2019
By: Maria Arey

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/cbp-officers-seized-nearly-349-pounds-of-heroin-methamphetamine-cocaine-and-possible-fentanyl

TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized drugs estimated to be worth over $4.3 million.

A 67-year-old Rio Rico man tried entering the U.S. from Mexico carrying more than 349 pound of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and possible fentanyl.
A the Dennis DeConcini Crossing, CBP officers and K-9 found close to 21 pounds of heroin, 103 pounds of cocaine, 116 pounds of meth, and 1.5 pounds of suspected fentanyl inside the vehicle, a Jeep SUV.
The fentanyl estimated to be worth $20,000, the meth estimated to be $347,000, the heroin estimated to be $560,000, and the cocaine was estimated to be worth $2.5 million,

Later, CBP officer stopped and questioned another man.
A 21-year-old Phoenix man tried entering into the U.S. in a Honda sedan.
CBP officers and K-9 found close 15 pounds of methamphetamine estimated to be worth $20,000.

That evening, officers stopped a woman at Mariposa Crossings.
A 24-year-old Mexican national woman was stopped in her Ford sedan.

CBP officials and K-9 detected more than 18 pound of cocaine estimated to be worth $343,000, over 64 pounds of methamphetamine worth $192,456, nearly 9 pounds of heroin worth close to $245,000, and almost 2 pounds of possible fentanyl pills worth nearly $27,000.

The drugs and the vehicle have been seized.

The two men and the woman were taken into custody and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.

Customs and Border Protection examine all individuals, all vehicles, and items entering the U.S.

Individuals can be charged by complaint, allowed by Federal law.

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Note: From Phoenix Ch. 12 KPNX Originally in Spanish . Mug shots at link.

A Phoenix man and 2 Mexicans arrested in a drug seizure worth more than $ 1 million
The men transported marijuana with a value of more than $ 1 million and methamphetamine with a value of more than $ 300,000, authorities say.
Author: 12 News
Published: 3:32 PM MST February 26, 2019
Updated: 3:33 PM MST February 26, 2019

https://www.12news.com/article/syndication/spanish/un-hombre-de-phoenix-y-2-mexicanos-arrestados-en-un-decomiso-de-droga-con-valor-de-mas-de-1-millon/75-1b35177b-20a6-466c-a123-e770941907cf

Arizona officials tracked down three men in a stolen pickup with marijuana with a value of more than $ 1 million last month.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, the Department of Public Safety and Border Protection Customs
detained two Mexican men and one from Phoenix on January 30.
They were trying to go around the interstate 85 immigration checkpoint in a desert area, according to the Arizona Attorney General's statement.

Researchers found 3,515 pounds of marijuana and more than 220 pounds of methamphetamine in the vehicle, which was stopped with a spiked line.

Detectives arrested Yony Ontiveros-Torres, 48, Rubén Jiménez Espericueta, also 48 years old,
and Jaime García López, 30, from Phoenix.

Both face charges of conspiracy to transport dangerous drugs and charges of theft of a car.

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