Over 5,000 pounds of marijuana seized at Mexico-U.S. border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized 5,079 pounds of marijuana -about US$2.5 million- from a Mexican man when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales.

According to a press release, the agents discovered the drugs within six boxes identified as aircraft parts in a tractor-trailer driven by Jaime Alfonso Valdéz Yocupicio, 40, from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

The CBP seized the shipment and referred Valdéz to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.