It has been a busy week for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents along the Arizona-Mexico border with well over a quarter million dollars in drugs seized.
At the Port of Douglas on Tuesday, officers arrested a U.S. citizen, Christina Madeline De La Cruz, 26, after they say they found nearly 120 pounds of marijuana in her car.
Then on Wednesday they nabbed Yadira Suseth Madrid-Tanabe, 20, of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, saying she had nearly 276 pounds of marijuana hidden throughout her SUV.
In Naco, officers busted Bernardo Ramirez-Ramirez of Tucson, 20, on Tuesday. They say he had about 139 pounds of marijuana in his car.
Also on Tuesday, officers say they found nearly 16 pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin Kenneth Alejandro Gonzalez-Rubio, 20, was trying to bring through the Port of San Luis.
And in separate incidents at the Port of Nogales, CBP officers say two U.S. citizens and two Mexicans were caught attempting to smuggle almost half a million dollars in hard drugs.
According to information released by CBP, a drug dog found 41 pounds of methamphetamine in the car of Manuel Gomez-Rivas, 23, of Culiacan, Sonora, Mexico on Tuesday.
At about the same time, they say they found more than 17 pounds of cocaine and nearly 10 pounds of meth in a Dodge truck driven by Shawn Jeannine Emmons, 53, of Benson, Arizona.
On Thursday, there were two more busts.
Xavier Rabago Bolivar, 26, of Tucson, is accused of trying to smuggle more than 10 pounds of meth in the rear bumper area of his vehicle, while agents say Luis Angel Verdugo-Robles, 32, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, had almost 16 pounds of meth and more than seven pounds of cocaine in his.
The total estimated street value of the week's drug seizures is $865,000, according to CBP.
