(Customs and Border Protection busy week)...It was the week previous to the Memorial Day Weekend.

It was the CBP San Diego Field office, which includes San Diego and Imperial County Ports of Entry. During that week Officers seized $7.8 million worth of illegal narcotics. On May 19, at the Tecate Cargo Facility, the CBP Officers located over 123 pounds of cocaine, valued at $2 million. The same day at the Calexico Port, officers seized over 109 pounds of Fentanyl pills, valued at $3 million. The following day at the Calexico Port, officers seized over 15 pounds of methamphetamine valued $100,600. On May 23 at the Calexico Port, officers found 7.45 pounds of methamphetamine in a back-pack. It was valued at over $16,000. The rest came from the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa Ports in San Diego.