Border Patrol Seizes Nearly $900K in Meth

CNS News
December 20, 2012

U.S. Border Patrol agents seized a total of $873,800 in methamphetamine in three separate stops on state Route 94 and Interstate 5 this week, the federal agency announced Thursday.

The first stop was made at the Interstate 5 checkpoint near San Clemente on Sunday evening, according to a U.S. Border Patrol agent Scott Simon. A 21-year-old man, a U.S. citizen, hid 6.95 pounds of meth in a fire extinguisher and a battery casing, he said in a statement.

Then, on Monday afternoon, a 49-year-old man, also a U.S. citizen, was stopped on state Route 94 near Jamul. He was driving a vehicle with 25.83 pounds of meth hidden inside the vehicle’s rocker panels, Simon said. Rocker panels are located under a vehicle’s door, between the tire wheels, and are used to protect the undercarriage from rocks, mud and other road debris.

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This article was posted: Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 3:13 pm

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