An Avondale , Arizona man is in custody after a U.S. Border Patrol Canine team alerted to his car.
On Friday morning the dog alerted to a car at the Interstate 8 checkpoint near Yuma. In secondary inspection agents located a false compartment in the floorboards and found more than 100 packages of various drugs hidden. There was more than 103 pounds of methamphetamine , more than 10 pounds of cocaine and nearly 4 pounds of heroin in the car with an estimated street value of $440,000. The 24-year old man driving the car , a U.S. citizen who was in possession of a SENTRI pass , was arrested.