Salton City - $109,280 Meth Seized
Last updated 8/8/2016 at 3:08pm
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man suspected of drug smuggling after packages of methamphetamine were discovered in a backpack and also hidden inside a vehicle compartment on Friday.
The 26-year-old United States citizen approached the checkpoint driving a brown 2005 Ford Focus.
A Border Patrol canine team alerted to the vehicle during pre-primary inspection before a secondary inspection was conducted.
Agents discovered a backpack in the rear seat of the vehicle that contained 14 packages of methamphetaminea further 16 additional packages hidden in the rear quarter panels of the vehicle.
The methamphetamine had a combined weight of 34.15 pounds with an estimated street value of $109,280.
