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Yuma Sector Border agents arrest suspected drug smuggler

Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man suspected of smuggling three different type of narcotic drugs on Monday.

It happened at the Interstate-8 Immigration Checkpoint when a Border Patrol K-9 alerted agents to an odor coming from a black 2017 Chevrolet Cruze.

The 20-year-old male driver, from Guadalupe, Arizona, was referred to secondary inspection.

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Agents found 12 packages in the back seat of the vehicle, discovering the packages contained heroin, methamphetamine, and 591 pills of oxycodone.

The heroin and meth have a combined value of $102,488.

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