SAN DIEGO (CNS) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro and Calexico East Ports of Entry disrupted two drug-smuggling attempts, seizing more than 130 pounds of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $383,091, officials announced Monday.
The first seizure occurred at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on May 17, when a CBP canine team alerted to a 2013 Honda Civic driven by a 30-year-old female Mexican national.
“In the secondary inspection area, an imaging system revealed anomalies in the vehicle’s firewall. A physical inspection revealed six packages containing approximately 7.89 pounds of white fentanyl powder with an estimated street value of $113,616 and 8.42 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $161,664,” according to a CBP statement…