Nogales Border Drug Busts
A Compilation of the Latest Drug Smuggling StoriesNogales Drug Smuggling and Border Crime
Nogales, Arizona is a major international destination for illegal drugs crossing the southern border into the United States. In fact, it seems like every week there is another huge drug bust at the Mexican border at Nogales.
This has especially been true since the expansion of the Mariposa Port of Entry, which has not only facilitated the flow of products into Arizona from south of the border, but also an increased volume of illicit drugs, as entire drug stash warehouses have been discovered on both sides of the border, in Nogales, Mexico and Nogales, Arizona.
Nogales border drug interdiction news stories can be sad and sensational. Using elderly women and children as drug mules. Entire semi loads of marijuana hidden under watermelons or other produce. Individuals who swallow condoms filled with drugs or hide them inside of body orifices.
But as the official reports of drug seizures become more frequent and receive wide distribution and news media coverage, it becomes more difficult to gauge their cumulative impact. Sensational amounts of drug seizures are replaced by even new records for drug hauls, individual stories that do not show the consolidated impact of the international drug smuggling efforts.
That is why we follow reports of Nogales border drug interdictions and present them in one place, along with analyses and summaries of the successes and failures of Customs and Border Protection and other drug interdiction agencies. That way we can provide the most complete, intelligent and informative source of information about the border drug apprehension efforts in the Nogales border region.
Nogales Weekend Drug Seizures Total $300k in Marijuana and Methamphetamine
Three Drug Busts Yield 155 Pounds of Illegal Drugs Español August 11, 2016 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers thwarted three smuggling attempts last weekend, intercepting 65 pounds of marijuana and 90 pounds of methamphetamine with a total value of $300,000....
Two Drug Seizures on August 4 Net More than 102 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Heroin
CBP Intercepts Hard Drugs Valued at More than $380,000 Español August 7, 2016 Two Nogales, Sonora residents tried to smuggle more than 113 pounds of hard drugs across the border at the Port of Nogales in two separate attempts last Thursday. Both failed. In the early...
Million-Dollar Week for Drug Seizures in Nogales, Arizona
CBP Makes Four Drug Busts Totaling $1.2 Million Español August 4, 2016 Last week Customs and Border Protection officials at the Nogales border made four seizures of hard drugs with a total value of $1.2 million. All seizures were made at the DeConcini Port of...