(Narcotics Taped to body)....The woman was detained Saturday.
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents were working the Highway 86 Checkpoint when a commercial transport van approached. The van was sent to the secondary inspection area.. While agents conducted immigration checks on the passengers, a k-9 team alerted to the vehicle. When agents questioned one woman, she admitted to have two packages taped to her body. One of the packages tested positive for fentanyl. The other tested positive for heroin. The 20 year old woman, a legal permanent resident from Mexico, was held for processing. The fentanyl weighed in at 2.53 pounds with an estimated value of $28,500. The heroin weighed around 2.77 pounds with an estimated value of $28,750.