CBP: 21-year-old caught with six pounds of meth

March 23, 2021 5:16 AM

Published March 23, 2021 5:14 AM

SALTON CITY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - A 21-year-old man is caught with $16,000 worth of methamphetamine at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint.

El Centro Border Patrol agents said the man attempted to smuggle meth through the checkpoint last Saturday afternoon.

Agents sent a maroon Nissan truck driver to secondary inspection, where a canine alerted the vehicle.

They found bundles of drugs on the driver and four additional packages wrapped in cellophane inside a speaker box in the truck's cab.

The packages tested positive for meth and weighed almost six pounds with a value of $16,000.

Agents arrested the 21-year-old and seized the vehicle, drugs.

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