(El Centro Sector Border Patrol arrests two).....It happened over the weekend in separate incidents.

Friday Border Patrol Agents stopped a vehicle on Interstate 10. The driver was questioned and admitted to being in the country illegally. He also told agents the money in his possession had been earned by transporting undocumented migrants from Arizona to California. Agents seized the over $10,000 in his possession and the man was deported back to Mexico. Another vehicle was stopped on I-10. During the stop a Border Patrol k-9 alerted to the vehicle. Agents searched the trunk. They found 7 packages of methamphetamine. The packages weighed over 2 pounds with an estimated value of over $94,000. The driver, a Mexican citizen, the vehicle and the narcotics were turned over to the DEA