YUMA, Ariz. — A Border Patrol canine sniffed out $60,000 worth of drugs hidden inside breakfast burritos on the Arizona-Mexico border Tuesday afternoon.
Border Patrol says a canine handler stopped a male driver at a checkpoint's inspection area after the dog alerted to the vehicle. The dog then alerted to a backpack inside the vehicle.
In the backpack, agents found several small packages containing fentanyl pills that were stuffed inside the burritos, according to a press release.
The packages of fentanyl had a combined weight of just over five pounds.
The 37-year-old man, described as a lawfully admitted permanent resident, was taken into custody.
