Woman with heroin taped to body arrested at Highway 86 checkpoint
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a woman who smuggled heroin taped to her body on Friday.
At around 10 a.m., a Greyhound bus pulled into inspection at the Highway 86 checkpoint.
During the secondary inspection, an agent noticed a woman who appeared to be carrying something around her midsection. Upon further investigation, the woman admitted that she had illegal substances taped to her stomach.
The woman was transporting a vacuum sealed package of heroin with a final weight of 3.48 pounds and an estimated value of $38,280.
The woman, a 20-year-old United States citizen, and the narcotics were turned over to the Drug Enforcement Administration for further investigation.
