(Teens arrested at checkpoint)…It was at the Border Patrol Checkpoint on Highway 86.
It happened at around 10:30 pm last week. Two males in a Volkswagen Jetta drove up to the checkpoint. A Border Patrol canine detection team alerted to the vehicle. Agents sent the vehicle and occupants to the secondary inspection area. During the inspection, agents found a bag containing illegal narcotics. The drugs weighed in at 1.07 grams of fentanyl, 5.34 grams of methamphetamine, 729.6 grams of marijuana, 76 alprazolam pills, 4 oxycodone pills, and 2 clonazepam pills. Agents also found an AR-15 type rifle, not registered to rather of the subjects in the vehicle. Both subjects is the vehicle, an 18 year old and 17 year old males, both US Citizens, were arrested and turned over to the California Highway Patrol for further investigation of State crimes.