(BP thwarts 3 smuggling attempts)...All 3 were over the holiday weekend.

Agents seized over 33 pounds of methamphetamine in the separate incidents. The bulk of the meth was seized in the first incident Saturday afternoon at the Highway 86 checkpount. 31 packages of the narcotic was found in a vehicle, weighing over 32 pounds and valued at around $73,213. The 2nd incident happened Sunday morning after two kettle shaped packages were found near Dool Avenue and First Street. The packages weighed 1.16 pounds, and valued at around $2,610. The third incident Sunday night. Calexico remote video surveillance observed a man ru8nnig north near First Street and Heffernan Street in Downtown Calexico. A Bordr Patrol agent arrived at the scene and found a kettle shaped package. The 1.15 pound package tsted positive for methamphetamine.. The estimated value was set at $2,587. In all incidence the narcotics were turnd over to the Drug Enforcement Administration. In the first incident the driver of the vehicle and the vehicle were also turned over to the DEA.