CNB CRIME: Yuma Border Patrol Canine Detects Drugs in Spare Tire

 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.