Border Patrol seizes $2.1 million in meth

Written by
Oliver Ortega
4:49 p.m., Aug. 2, 2012


Authorities seized more than 100 pounds of methamphetamine, estimated to be worth about $2.1 million, in two confiscations Wednesday near the Mexican border.



SAN DIEGO — More than 100 pounds of methamphetamine, estimated to be worth about $2.1 million, were seized in two confiscations Wednesday near the Mexican border, the Border Patrol announced Thursday.

The first seizure occurred around 11:30 a.m. at the Interstate 5 Border Patrol checkpoint, officials said.

Agents became suspicious of a 37-year-old driver who seemed nervous, and they inspected his 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer using a drug detection dog.

They found a 5-gallon water jug filled with liquid methamphetamine that weighed almost 50 pounds and is estimated to be worth about $950,000, officials said.

The man, a U.S. citizen, was turned over to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

The second confiscation occurred about 6 p.m. at the San Ysidro border crossing, officials said.

A drug detection dog alerted agents to an unoccupied Suzuki parked nearby, and agents found 28 packages of methamphetamine in the car’s rear quarter panels.

The methamphetamine weighed almost 60 pounds and is estimated to be worth about $1.15 million, officials said.

No one was arrested, and the methamphetamine was turned over to the DEA.

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