KXO RADIO - Meth Stopped At Border

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Todays is : Thursday, 20 November 2008

Written by Lynne Adair
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the downtown Calexico port of entry intercepted two loads of methamphetamine being smuggled into this country. Monday morning at about 9:30 a Chevy pick up with Baja California license plates was escorted to secondary inspection after the primary officer noticed anomalies in the vehicles undercarriage. During a more thorough inspection, using a canine and x-ray equiptment, six plastic containers with six pounds of methamphetamine was discovered. The driver , a Mexican citizen from Mexicali , was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for further investigation. At 3:00 that same afternoon , a 1999 Ford Expedition with California plates was referred to secondary inspection after a pre-primary inspection by a canine unit alerted to the presence of narcotics. In the secondary lot , seven wrapped packages of methamphetamine were found concealed in the undercarriage of the truck. The drugs weighed 12 pounds. The driver, also a resident of Mexicali , was arrested and turned over to ICE agents for further investigation. Total value of the seizures was said to be nearly $200,000.