Filed Under:  Border Patrol, Crime, Meth

U.S. Border Patrol El Centro sector seize meth valued $700,000

August 26th 2012   ·   5 Comments

Imperial County–U.S. Border patrol agents assigned to the Indio station seized more than $700,000 worth of meth at the Highway 86 border patrol checkpoint near Indio.

The incident occurred during early this morning after a border patrol canine team alerted to a Ford F-150 truck.

Agents referred the driver to secondary inspection and five packages of meth inside the gas tank.

The DEA took custody of the 63-year-old male who was U.S. citizen, the vehicle and narcotics.

A version of this column originally appeared in www.kswt.com.

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Readers Comments (5)

  1. Glen Ward says:
    August 26, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    Good! Quit wasteing time and money on marijuana! Never smoked it but common sense says its a waste of your energy.

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  2. Barbara Beyer says:
    August 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm

    Now we wonder why there are still open borders. Who gets benefits from the drug sales.?

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  3. Jo Frye says:
    August 26, 2012 at 10:38 pm

    Illegal votes are wanted so some people can stay in office.

    Reply »
  4. Marty Crandall says:
    August 27, 2012 at 6:05 am

    thank u jo ,i feel the same way…..

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  5. Nt Leeber says:
    August 27, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Well, he got in there Illegally, he figures that method will keep him there.

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