(Heroin Seized)…Border Patrol agents made the seizure near Yuma.
The agents were assigned to the Interstate 8 Immigration Checkpoint. Earlier this week a gold Chrysler PT Cruiser pulled up to the checkpoint. A Border Patrol k-9 alerted to the vehicle, and it was sent for a secondary inspection. During the search agents found a fake battery in the engine compartment. They found 8 pounds of heroin inside the fake battery, in 3 separate packages. The estimated street value of the narcotics was set at $134,000. The 60-year-old driver of the vehicle, a naturalized Citizen and resident of Somerton was arrested. The heroin and vehicle were seized.