After receiving tips Lowery was dirty, the feds and state police got together and put 500 pounds of pot in the desert and then had someone tip Lowery off. Sure enough, he showed up at the location and they watched as he loaded bundles into his car. He then took off and the high speed chase ensued. During the high speed chase, he started throwing the bundles of pot out of his car.

According to the Complaint, available on PACER, Lowery admitted his involvement after being arrested and Mirandized. The Complaint alleges there was an ongoing "rip scheme" by Lowery and a man named Josh in which the two stole pot, using Lowery's status as an immigration officer, from undocumented immigrants. There were recorded calls between the DHS informant, Lowery and Josh.

When the cops first tried to pull Lowery over, close to Josh's house, he stopped, but as the agents got out of their car, he sped off. The high speed chase ensued. It only ended because Lowery lost control of his vehicle and it rolled over. Josh was arrested at his house.

Lowery isn't the only immigration agent caught with drugs. Last week, U.S. Border Patrol agent Michael Angelo Atondo of Yuma was convicted of possessing with intent to distribute and conspiracy to import 700 pounds of marijuana. He had backed his government vehicle up to the border fence and the fence's sensor went off. When the cops arrived, there he was on one side of the fence with his trunk open, and on Mexican side, there were three vehicles facing him. The pot was found in the agent's car.

As of June, 2011, 127 Customs and Border Protection personnel across the