Border Patrol agents find over 20 pounds of drugs in booster seats

The U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector announced Monday that agents recently intercepted a mixed load of narcotics hidden inside two child booster seats.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says on Nov. 19, agents assigned to the San Clemente Border Patrol Station performed a vehicle stop on northbound Interstate 5 near the Basilone Road exit.

A Border Patrol canine alerted agents to the presence of narcotics. Agents searched the back of the car and found 11 packages of drugs inside a pair of child booster seats.

The driver, identified as a Mexican national, as well as the narcotics and the vehicle, were taken to a nearby Border Patrol station for further processing, the press release states…

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