A Matamoros, Mexico man was nabbed allegedly attempting to smuggle over 50 pounds of marijuana that’s pictured (above). (SBPD photo)
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
Rafael Campos Arratia
San Benito police arrested a man believed to be smuggling marijuana into the country on Tuesday.
At 4:30 p.m., 21-year-old Rafael Campos Arratia from Matamoros, Mexico was detained for allegedly smuggling the illegal substance into the U.S.
According to a San Benito Police Department press release, an investigator assigned to the Immigration Customs Enforcement task force was alerted to a narcotics seizure by agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Arratia and the vehicle, a white 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier displaying Mexican plates, were sent to a secondary inspection at the U.S.-Mexico border, where a K-9 unit was alerted to the driver side front quarter panel.
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