PHOENIX — A grand jury indicted a Somerset, Arizona man on Tuesday for allegedly smuggling over 150 pounds of methamphetamine across the U.S.-Mexico border, the United States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona said.
Cesar Alberto Palomares, 23, was indicted on four counts related to importing and intended distribution of methamphetamine from a Jan. 27 stop at the U.S-Mexico border.
Palomares is alleged to have entered the United States through San Luis, Arizona with over a hundred packages containing a white crystal-like substance hidden in his car, the release said.
The substance tested positive for methamphetamine and totaled a combined weight of over 150 pounds, according to the release.
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