Woman caught trying to smuggle $24,000 worth of cocaine taped to her underwear

A woman was arrested attempting to smuggle three pounds of cocaine into the U.S. Tuesday.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials apprehended 39-year-old Phoenix, Arizona resident Dora Anna Gutierrez at the Morley Pedestrian Gate.

Strapped to her rear-end, they found three pounds of cocaine, valued at about $24,000 dollars.
The Morley Pedestrian Gate where Gutierrez was stopped is part of the larger Arizona/Mexico border which is one of the busiest border spots in the country.

In 2010, the Arizona border processed 6.8 million pedestrians.Half of all drugs seized and illegal immigrants apprehended entering the U.S. are seized or apprehended in Arizona, according to the Customs and Border Control website.

In 2009, in response to increased organized crime in the border region, the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats (ACTT) was started as a collaboration between 60 federal, state, local and tribal agencies in Arizona and Mexico.

This past April, six people were arrested trying to smuggle drugs into the country hidden in their undergarments.

Four teenage girls had heroin strapped to their bodies and tucked under the waistbands of their underwear.
One 23-year-old woman covered up four pounds of heroin in her bra.

An 18-year-old tried concealing a pound of methamphetamines in his underwear.

Source: DailyMail