(Meth Seized)....It happened late last week.

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents were working the Highway 86 Checkpoint. A 42 year old man, with two male passengers, drove a Toyota Camry up to the checkpoint. A Border Patrol K-9 Detection Team alerted to the vehicle and it was snt to the scondary inspection area. During the inspection agnts found two wrappd packages on the driver's seat and three more under the sat. The packages tested positive for methamphetamine. The driver and the passengers were placed under arrest. Th packages weighed a total of .84 pounds, with an estimated value of $1,890. It was discovered the driver and the passengers were all US citizens. They, along with the vehicle and the narcotics were all turned over to the Imperial County Sheriff's Office.