(Drugs seized at checkpoint)…It happened Wednesday night.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents were working the checkpoint on County Road S-2. A 45 year old man drove up to the checkpoint in a 2002 Volkswagen. Agents said the driver appeared nervous. They asked the driver for consent to search the vehicle and he agreed. Agents searched the trunk and found 21 Ziploc packages concealed in the spare tire covering. It was determined the packages contained methamphetamine, weighing around 21.23 pounds, with an estimated value of $25,476. It was also determined the driver, from Mexico, was in the United States illegally. The driver, the narcotics and the vehicle were all turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration.