(Methamphetamine seized)…It happened Monday.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents were working the Highway 86 checkpoint near Salton City. They say in the late afternoon a man drove up in a black Toyota. A Border Patrol K-9 detection team alerted to the vehicle. It was sent to the secondary inspection area. A detailed inspection resulted in the discovery of 20 wrapped packages concealed in the vehicle’s spare tire, that was po0sitioned underneath the bed of the pickup. The substance inside the packages tested positive for methamphetamine. The packages weighed around 22.02 pounds, with an estimated value of $49,560. After he was arrested and processed, the driver, a 35 year old legal permanent resident from Mexico, the vehicle and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration