A teenage boy was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly attempted to smuggle nearly 27 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday.

Surveillance camera operators captured video of the boy on Saturday at 10:40 p.m. in a remote area about one mile east of the San Ysidro Port of Entry, just a few hundred yards north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

The boy appeared to be carrying two dark duffel bags, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

When approached by agents, the boy told them he was hiking in the area, which authorities deemed "unlikely." At the time of the encounter, the duffel bags, which had previously been seen in the surveillance video, were no longer in his possession.

A Border Patrol K-9 unit was able to fin

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