Arizona Teens Busted With Nearly $2 Million In Drugs Near Mexico Border

Over the weekend, two 18-year-olds were arrested after U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered nearly $2 million worth of drugs inside their pickup truck.

The drug bust took place on Saturday when U.S. Border Patrol agents patrolling the desert near the Nogales/Mariposa Port of Entry spotted multiple individuals emerge from the brush and load packages into a parked truck near Peña Blanca Lake. The people who loaded the truck disappeared back into the desert as the vehicle pulled away. Authorities have yet to locate them. However, they were able to locate the teens, residents of Rio Rico, Arizona, minutes later inside a red Chevrolet Silverado. A search for the truck yielded 57 packages of suspected meth, cocaine, and heroin inside the vehicle, totaling almost $1,889,600 in street value.

The driver and passenger, whose names have not been released, were arrested and turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration, where they are now facing federal drug charges.