SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man attempting to smuggle methamphetamine through the immigration checkpoint Saturday afternoon.
The incident occurred at approximately 5:15 p.m., when a maroon Nissan pickup approached the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint. Agents directed the vehicle to enter the secondary inspection area for further investigation.
During their inspection, a Border Patrol K-9 detection team alerted to the vehicle. Agents discovered two bundles of suspected narcotics on the driver’s person and four additional packages wrapped in tape and cellophane inside of a speaker box in the cab of the truck. The contents of the packages tested positive for the characteristics of methamphetamine. Agents arrested the man and held him for further processing.
The total weight of the methamphetamine was nearly 6 pounds with an estimated value of $16,000.
El Centro Sector turned over the driver, a 21-year-old United States citizen, the vehicle, and the narcotics to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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