Border Patrol Seizes Methamphetamine Stashed in Truck
Release Date:
January 2, 2020
NILAND, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 111 immigration checkpoint arrested a man suspected of smuggling narcotics Tuesday morning.
The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m., when a 57-year-old man driving a green Ford F-150 truck approached the checkpoint. Agents sent the vehicle to secondary inspection for further investigation after a Border Patrol K-9 detection team alerted to the vehicle.
While in secondary inspection, Border Patrol agents discovered packages hidden inside of the cab wall and at the head of the truck bed. Agents determined that the packages contained a substance that was consistent with the characteristics of methamphetamine.
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