U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Sasabe arrested a Tucson man Wednesday for attempting to smuggle more than 100 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $53,000 hidden inside mesquite logs.
After a CBP drug dog alerted to a Ford truck driven by the 41-year-old man, officers found the drugs hidden within a shipment of mesquite firewood.
The marijuana was discovered after officers off loaded the firewood and split it in half.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the subject over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
