ROMA — Customs officers discovered close to 200 pounds of marijuana inside a SUV's gas tank Friday at the Roma-Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge.
The drugs carried a street value of nearly $160,000, officials said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Friday came in contact with a 1997 Chevrolet Suburban headed north at the bridge. The driver and vehicle were referred to secondary inspection, where "Nero," a detector dog, smelled narcotics emanating from beneath the vehicle.
An X-ray scan revealed something inside the vehicle's fuel tank and officers later found two metal containers filled with compressed marijuana.
Officers arrested Santos Martinez Salazar, a 43-year-old Mexican national from Red Springs, N.C. on federal drug charges. He remains in custody pending an appearance before a magistrate judge.
Customs officers seized the drugs and the vehicle.
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