RPG Being Smuggled into Sonora, Mexico Seized at Nogales Border Crossing

“Socalj” for Borderland Beat

Michael W. Humphries, Director of the Nogales Customs Department, said CBP officers working on outbound operations seized a rocket grenade launcher and two rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) that were hidden in a car attempting to cross the border into Mexico on December 28, 2024.

CBP officers discovered the weapon hidden inside the cowl of a car. The launcher appears to be an RPG-7.

The seizure of the military type weapon at the Nogales border crossing is in addition to the confiscation of 1.5 million fentanyl pills detected at the same border crossing between December 4 and 22, according to information provided by the CBP.

In October, an officer involved shooting at the border crossing resulted in the wounded suspect being taken to the hospital. The CBP said the altercation occurred in the Southbound lanes of the DeConcini Port of Entry.

It has not yet been reported who the driver of the car was nor which criminal organization in Mexico was behind the arms trafficking attempt.

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