More than 430 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine worth and estimated $2.8 million were seized at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials reported this week.<\/p>\n
CBP said the drugs were intercepted in two separate enforcement actions last week.<\/p>\n
The first seizure was on April 7, when officers referred a 51-year-old Mexican national driving a Toyota Prius for a secondary inspection. During the inspection, a CBP canine team alerted to the vehicle, and agents allegedly found 124 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $2.4 million in 44 packages concealed in the doors, back seat and rear quarter panels of the car.<\/p>\n
On April 8, officers referred a 21-year-old man, who is a U.S. citizen, driving a Nissan Frontier for a secondary inspection. He was a participant in the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection program, according to CBP.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn imaging system scan and a CBP canine team alerted officers to a non-factory compartment in the truck bed,\u201d the CBP said.<\/p>\n
Officers allegedly found 25 packages containing about 307 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $491,200.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese back-to-back seizures stopped dangerous criminals in their tracks and prevented deadly narcotics from ever reaching our communities,\u201d Otay Mesa Port Director Rosa Hernandez said in a statement. \u201cBy combining their professional expertise with advanced technology, our officers demonstrate their commitment to securing our borders and keeping our country safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both men were arrested on suspicion of federal charges and both of their vehicles were seized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 430 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine worth and estimated $2.8 million were seized at the Otay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[4025,119236,28973,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-275667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-cbp","tag-mexico-u-s-border","tag-otay-mesa","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}