U.S. Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ) officers stopped a shipment of nearly 500 pounds of cocaine at the Calexico Port of Entry.

At about 8:00 a.m.  At about 8:00 a.m. Thursday a 46-year old man , a U.S. citizen , arrived at the port in downtown Calexico driving a 2008 Ford F350 pick-up truck. The truck and driver were referred to secondary inspection where the port's x-ray imaging system showed some anomalies in the bed of the truck. A canine team alerted to a non-factory auxiliary fuel tank in the bed of the truck. CBP officers searched the truck and located 182 packages of cocaine weighing 480 pounds were found hidden in the fuel tank. The cocaine has an estimated street value of $7.6 million. The driver was arrested and is facing criminal charges.