Customs agents in Nogales seized nearly $24,000 worth of heroin and cocaine found in a pair of shoes and a body cavity, officials said. Two people were arrested.
A news release from Customs and Border Protection said that on Aug. 8 a 33-year-old woman from ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ crossing on foot at the DeConcini port of entry was sent for a secondary inspection after a dog alerted to the presence of drugs on her.
The woman was searched and officers found ¼-of-a-pound of cocaine in a body cavity. The drugs were worth about $3,000.
In a second incident that day at the Morley pedestrian crossing officers seized more than a pound of heroin hidden in a man's shoes. The drugs were shaped as insoles of the man's shoes, CBP said. The drugs were worth about $21,000.
The 18-year-old man from Nogales, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, and the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ woman were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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In another case July 30, officers at the DeConcini crossing arrested four ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ residents after discovering nearly 2 pounds of meth hidden on and in their bodies, the CBP said in a news release.
Officers sent a Jeep SUV with five occupants to a secondary inspection after a drug dog alerted to the vehicle. No drugs were found on the driver, but officers discovered a 22-year-old woman was hiding a meth-filled condom in her underwear. Also, two female passengers, ages 49 and 43, removed items containing meth that were concealed within body cavities, the CBP said.
Another passenger, a 40-year-old man had to be medically monitored until Aug. 1 when he safely passed from his body a condom filled with heroin, the CBP said.
The drugs were worth a total of about $11,000, the CBP said. The four people were turned over to ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
