A mother, 35, was arrested for trying to make her 12-year-old daughter smuggle two pounds of cocaine into the US

A mother was arrested for trying to enter the country at Port of San Luis with her 12-year-old daughter strapped with nearly $24,000 worth of cocaine on her back.

The woman had been making her way from Mexico with her three children in a Nissan hatchback last Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a press release on Monday.

The San Luis Port is just 17 miles southwest of Yuma Arizona.

Officers referred the 35-year-old mother to additional search where a CBP canine then alerted law enforcement toward the girl.

While searching the minor, officers found two pounds worth of cocaine wrapped around her torso.

The Nissan, along with the drugs, were both seized by border control officers.

And the case has been turned over to ICE.

No details regarding the woman or the children were made available.