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TUCSON - A man who told DPS officers he is a Nogales school teacher was arrested last night after nearly 20 pounds of meth and 12 pounds of cocaine were found in hidden compartments in his vehicle.

Arizona Department of Public Safety officers stopped 32-year-old Ricardo Siqueiros on Interstate 10 near Eloy at about 7:10 p.m. last night, according to a DPS news release.

Siqueiros agreed to a search of his vehicle, and officers found 12 packages of methamphetamine in a false compartment installed in the rear floorboard of his 1997 BMW sedan, the release states. Officers also found four packages of cocaine in a false compartment. The combined street value of the drugs is about $300,000, DPS officials estimate.

The driver of the vehicle, Ricardo Siqueiros, 32, of Nogales, Ariz., was arrested and booked into the Pinal County Jail on the following charges: possession of dangerous drugs for sale, transportation of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of narcotic drugs for sale and transportation of narcotic drugs for sale.

News 4 Tucson has confirmed that Siqueiros is a teacher at Mexicayotl Academy, a K-8 charter school in Nogales.