CNB CRIME: Yuma Border Patrol Canine Detects Drugs in Spare Tire
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE
Agents removed 65 pounds of marijuana from the spare tire of a vehicle stopped at the Wellton Station's traffic checkpoint along Interstate 8.
YUMA, Ariz. JUNE 30, 2015 –A Yuma Sector Border Patrol detection canine team assigned to Wellton Station’s Interstate 8 checkpoint alerted to a pickup truck’s spare tire Saturday afternoon. A subsequent inspection of the tire revealed 65 pounds of marijuana, with an estimated $32,500.
The subject, vehicle and drugs were processed per Yuma Sector guidelines.