Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionNOGALES, AZ (CBS5) -
A Mexican woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle nearly $909,000 worth of narcotics into southern Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said 46-year-old Silvia Guadalupe Cantu Espinoza of Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico, was stopped Friday at the Dennis DeConcini Port.
Her vehicle was referred for inspection when they attempted to enter the U.S. Officers said they removed 26 packages of methamphetamine and 15 packages of cocaine from the vehicle.
The cocaine weighed 36 pounds and was worth close to $332,000, and the methamphetamine weighed 37 pounds and was valued at $578,000, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers.
The drugs and vehicle were seized. The woman was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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