Border Patrol Agents immigration stop yields 29 pounds of Fentanyl on Interstate 10
Release Date Wed, 05/22/2024
Indio Station Border Patrol agents arrested a female driver of a vehicle transporting 29 lbs. of fentanyl.
INDIO, Calif., - Border Patrol agents assigned to Indio Border Patrol Station arrested the female driver of a vehicle transporting 29 lbs. of deadly fentanyl on Wednesday morning.
On May 15, at 9:32 a.m., Border Patrol agents in agency marked vehicles were operating in conjunction with Operation Apollo, on Interstate 10 near Golf Center Parkway. The driver of a white SUV passed their position and applied their brakes. Agents followed the vehicle and conducted record checks on the vehicle. The record checks came back, and agents performed a vehicle stop.
The driver yielded on the side of the Interstate and agents questioned the driver. The driver and her two underage children claimed to be U.S. citizens, but record checks revealed that she was an undocumented illegal alien present in the U.S. The children were both U.S. citizens. The driver’s responses were inconsistent, therefore raising the agents’ suspicions.
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