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A former customs officer was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday after he knowingly allowed a vehicle with 440 pounds of cocaine inside to come into the United States.

Fernando Arango, 52, was working for U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the port of entry in Nogales when he decided to counsel a person who he believed to be a drug trafficker on how to purchase an RV and have it altered to smuggle drugs into the country, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona.

On Oct. 1, 2005, Arango, who lives in Rio Rico, inspected the vehicle and it was driven through the port of entry by the drug trafficker, who was really an undercover officer, the release said.

Arango was given $50,000 by the officer and was then arrested.