Four Phoenix area residents were arrested for attempting to smuggle more than $52,000 worth of marijuana through the Douglas port of entry.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Friday sent a 27-year-old Phoenix woman for an additional inspection of her Chevrolet truck. Officers searching the vehicle found 77 pounds of marijuana hidden in the quarter panels.
On Saturday, officers arrested a Phoenix man and his two female passengers after a CBP dog alerted to the back seat of a Chevrolet sedan containing 27 packages of marijuana weighing nearly 28 pounds. Â
All four people were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. The drugs and vehicles were seized.
