Customs Officers seize trailer loaded with pot

CREATED Jul. 22, 2011

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Web Producer: Brian Pryor

NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) - A Mexican national was arrested on Thursday for trying to smuggle $400,000 worth of marijuana in a hidden tile shipment.

Officers working the port of entry in Nogales sent the driver to a secondary inspection where they discovered anomalies inside the tile.

A canine unit alerted to drugs in the shipment and found 206 packages of marijuana weighing 810 pounds.

The driver was arrested and turned over the Immigration & Customs Enforcement.