Trash bags full of marijuana seized by #USBP agents at the Nogales Interstate 19 #ImmigrationCheckpoint, @CBP is #AlwaysVigilant Details:https://t.co/nWmz3d8hJdpic.twitter.com/LCTr73TfpW

— CBP Arizona (@CBPArizona) August 8, 2018

TUCSON, Ariz. — The U.S. Border Patrol says its agents in Nogales, Arizona have seized nearly 174 pounds of marijuana from the trunk of a car.

The agency said Wednesday that officers conducting a second inspection at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint on Tuesday night found the drugs in a car trunk. The 34-year-old man from Apache Junction driving the car was arrested.

Agents estimated the marijuana was worth more than $86,000.