COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Cochise County Sheriff's Office arrested a former Tucson police officer accused of smuggling migrants.
In a Facebook post, CCSO said that members of its Criminal Interdiction Team arrested 37-year-old Richard Daniel, who was transporting five undocumented migrants on Highway 80 near milepost 314, close to Tombstone.
Daniel was carrying a revolver and had a second weapon in his vehicle's center console.
He was booked into Cochise County Jail and faces human trafficking charges.
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