NOGALES, Ariz. (KABC) -- An Arizona man was caught trying to smuggle methamphetamine across the border - in packages of hollowed-out tortillas.
A Customs and Border Protection narcotics detection K-9 sniffed out the drugs on Friday along the Morley Pedestrian Crossing at the Port of Nogales.
Officers arrested the 62-year-old man, who is from Nogales. There were 3 pounds of meth stashed inside the tortillas, investigators said.
Authorities turned the man over to U.S. Immigration and customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
Arizona man caught trying to smuggle meth across border in hollowed-out tortillas
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An Arizona man was caught trying to smuggle methamphetamine across the border by stashing the drugs inside hollowed-out packages of tortillas on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
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